Sentences praising Leshan Giant Buddha

Leshan Giant Buddha is located in Leshan City, 365,438+0 km east of Emei, carved from the cliff beside Qixia Peak in Lingyun Mountain, also known as Lingyun Giant Buddha. It is a statue of Maitreya Buddha and the most famous landscape in Dongshan.

Leshan Giant Buddha was excavated in the early kaiyuan year of Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty (AD 7 13). At that time, Minjiang River, Dadu River and Qingyi River met here, and the water flowed straight to the foot of Lingyun Mountain, which was unstoppable. During the flood season, the water is more fierce, and passing ships often hit the wall and break. Haitong, a famous monk in Lingyun Temple, was very upset when he saw this scene, so he came up with the idea of building a giant Buddha. One is to let the stone fall into the river to slow down the water potential, and the other is to save water with the power of Buddha. Haitong raised a sum of money in 20 years. At this time, a local official came to ask for a bribe. Haitong thundered: "You can gouge out your eyes. It's rare to have a rich Buddhist!" So, "look at your eyes and do it with a plate." After Haitong's death, Wei Gao, the messenger of Jiannan West Sichuan, recruited craftsmen and continued to dig. The court also approved the salt and hemp tax as a subsidy, and the 90-year-old Buddha statue was finally completed.

The Buddha statue is 7 1 m high and is the highest Buddha statue in the world. The head of the Buddha is14.7m, the head width is10m, the shoulder width is 24m, the ear length is 7m, two people can stand side by side in the ear, and the instep width is 8.5m, which can seat more than 100 people. Known as "Buddha is a mountain, and the mountain is a Buddha".

The giant Buddha is carved according to the mountain road of Lingyun Mountain. Facing the confluence of Minjiang River, Dadu River and Qingyi River, the shape is solemn. Although it has experienced thousands of years of wind and rain, it is still located on the banks of the surging Minjiang River. When people look at the world's largest Buddha statue, they often only see the carving of the mountain and the posture of his hands on his knees, but they don't really see his structure. Actually, it's interesting to study his body structure.

There is a closed hidden hole in the chest of the giant Buddha. Fengmen Stone is a chronicle of the reconstruction of Tianning Pavilion in Song Dynasty. The hole is filled with scrap iron, worn lead skin, bricks, etc. It is said that after the completion of the Buddha in the Tang Dynasty, a wooden pavilion was built to protect it from the sun and rain. From the many pillars and pile holes left on the edge, legs, arms, chest and instep of the giant Buddha, it can be clearly seen that there was once a giant Buddha pavilion. Rebuilt in the Song Dynasty, it was called "Tianning Pavilion" and was later destroyed. Defenders moved the monument to the Shihai Cave for preservation, but it was later destroyed.

On the right side of the giant Buddha's head is Lingyun Temple, which was built in the Tang Dynasty. There are three major buildings in the temple, namely, the Heavenly King Hall, the Ursa Major Hall and the Tibetan Scripture Building.

For hundreds of years since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the giant Buddha has been eroded by natural wind and rain, so that the Buddha's body is riddled with holes and unrecognizable. 1962, the government of China allocated special funds for the comprehensive maintenance of the Buddha statue, and its dignified and comely appearance was fully revealed. Later, the giant Buddha was approved as a national key cultural relics protection unit. At present, under the guidance of UNESCO World Heritage Committee and experts in cultural relics protection at home and abroad, the further maintenance and protection of this world giant Buddha, which has stood for more than 200 years, is being carried out step by step.

With its solemn shape, ingenious design and concealed drainage facilities, the Giant Buddha still sits on the bank of the surging river after thousands of years of wind and frost, quietly watching the vicissitudes of life. With high artistic value and rich cultural connotation, it is a cultural treasure of the Chinese nation and a precious heritage of world history and culture.