We had heard that the Lieshan Buddha was the largest buddha in the world but nothing prepared us for the beauty of the temple complex dating from the 3rd century - after a 2 hour trip along a freeway we came to another large city shrouded in mist/pollution
The temple complex was overlooking the meeting of two fast flowing rivers - we got our age discount and entered a magical place of temples, caves, tea houses, bamboo groves and ancient sculptures weathered by time.
2 dwarfs
the Buddha is 71 meters tall
feet: 8meters
each ear droops 7meters
his shoulders 28 meters
and his nose is 2.6 meters
many caves dot the cliffs
there are many beautiful places to sit and enjoy
abridge to a temple on a cliff
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