Spring Temple Buddha
Template:Short description Template:Infobox monument The Zhongyuan Buddha (Template:Zh; Template:Lit and Template:Zh) or better known in English as the Spring Temple Buddha is a colossal statue depicting Vairocana BuddhaScript error: No such module "Unsubst". located in Foquan Temple (Template:Zh; Template:Lit) in the Zhaocun township of Lushan County, Henan, China, built between 1997 and 2008. It is located within the Fodushan Scenic Area, close to National Freeway 311. At Script error: No such module "convert"., excluding a Script error: No such module "convert". lotus throne, it is the second-tallest statue in the world after the Statue of Unity in Gujarat, India, which surpassed it in 2018 with a height of Script error: No such module "convert"..[1][2]
Description
Taking into account the Script error: No such module "convert". pedestal/building atop which it is placed, the monument has a total height of Script error: No such module "convert".. since October 2008[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the hill on which the statue stands was reshaped to form two further pedestals, the upper one being Script error: No such module "val". tall. The total height of the monument is now said to be Script error: No such module "convert"..[3][4]
The project as a whole was estimated to cost around $55 million, $18 million of which was to be spent on the statue. It was originally estimated to consist of 1,100 pieces of copper cast, with a total weight of 1,000 tonnes.[5]
The Spring Temple Buddha derives its name from the nearby Tianrui hot spring, whose water, at Script error: No such module "convert"., is renowned in the area for its curative properties. The Foquan Temple, built during the Tang dynasty, houses the Bell of Good Luck, placed on top of the Dragon Head peak. This bronze bell weighs 116 tonnes.[6]
Inscribed within the statue's chest is a small swastika, the ancient Indian symbol of good fortune.
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Hand of the Buddha
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Foot of the Spring Temple Buddha
See also
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References
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External links
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