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Leshan Giant Buddha, is the biggest stone Buddha statue in the world at 233ft (71m) high. It is carved into a cliff face made of red sandstone in Leshan, Sichuan Province, China 🇨🇳

In 713 CE, a monk named Hai Tong decided to carve a Maitreya Buddha statue to watch over the river, a project that took 90 years, until 803 CE, to fully complete.

Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1996, along with Mount Emei, site is considered of exceptional cultural significance.

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