乐山大佛 Leshan Giant Buddha

     乐山大佛景区位于岷江、青衣江、大渡河三江汇流处，是全国重点文物保护单位、世界文化与自然遗产。乐山大佛景区集嘉州山水之精华，汇乐山风光之秀色，早已成为名闻遐迩的国家级风景名胜区和中国旅游胜地四十佳，2001年又首批荣登中国4A级旅游区之列。
由乌尤、凌云、东岩三山连襟而成的“巨型睡佛”横空出世，气势恢宏，惟妙惟肖。而乐山大佛正处于“巨型睡佛”心中，这一自然奇观无不使中外游人叹为观止。这尊雄伟的佛像高71米，也就是快有北京饭店新楼这么高了，数十里外都可以看到。它的头长14.7米，宽10米。头顶上每一个螺髻都可以放入一张大圆桌。他的耳朵长7米，耳朵眼里可以钻进两个人。它的脚背宽8.5米，可以围坐100多人。它比山西大同云岗石窟最高的大佛要高出三倍，过去认为世界最大的阿富汗巴史安大立佛，高53米，而乐山大佛比它要高出18米，乐山大佛真是大的惊人。游人们在瞻仰它的时候，莫不对我国古代的雕塑师们在设计和塑造这尊佛像时所表现出来的伟大魄力和高度的智慧，表示赞叹和钦佩。
走近乐山，感受自然与文化！拜偈大佛，祈愿美好和平安！

    Leshan is the home of the Giant Buddha at the conflueence of the Min, Dadu and Qingyi rivers. It qualifies as the largest Buddha in a sitting posture in the world.The massive Buddha was carved out of a cliff face more than a thousand years ago, but now it is still well preserved in good shape, with his full and serene face.
The Buddha is the largest Buddha in China, towering to 71m, with his 14.7m head,and 24m shoulders. The Buddha's ears are 6.72m long, insteps 8.5m broad, and a picnic could be conducted on the nail of his big toe,  which is 1.5m long.
As you get close to the Buddha, we can find out some scattered holes im rows around the Buddha. They are remains of so Called the Giant Buddha Pavilion . It was a nine-storied building set up during the Tang Dynasty to shelter the Buddha. It was renamed as the Lingyun Pavilion with 13 stories during the Song Dynasty. Unfortunately it was destroyed by a war during the Ming Dynasty. Since then the Buddha remains outside in the open space.