Letters from readers: Big Buddha and Guangzhou adventures, fun facts about the sun
I had the wonderful opportunity to visit the Big Buddha sculpture on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Standing at 34 metres tall, ...
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Archaeologists Unearth the Torso of a Rare Buddha Statue—Nearly 100 Years After They Found Its Head
The two pieces of the 800-year-old sculpture were discovered roughly 160 feet away from each other at the Ta Prohm Temple in ...
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Big Buddha
Big Buddha is a giant statue of Buddha encased in Burmese alabaster that towers over Phuket from the peak of Mount Nagakerd. Construction on Big Buddha began in 2007, and Phuketians are proud of ...
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After decades missing, Buddha statue to return to Hiroshima
The Hiroshima Daibutsu (big Buddha statue) is currently enshrined at Gokurakuji temple in Ando, Nara Prefecture, and will be temporarily sent back to Hiroshima for the first time in 67 years to go ...
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After 98 Years, Archaeologists Found the Missing Torso of an Ancient Buddha Statue
While sifting through 29 statue fragments, they discovered something far larger than a fragment: a 3.75-foot-tall Buddha torso statue ... “It was a big surprise when we unearthed this sculpture ...
GLOBALink | 1,700-year-old Buddha statue in China receives 1st restoration since 1445
A 22.29-meter-tall cliffside Buddha statue in Hebi City has started a three-year restoration. Dating back over 1,700 years, it's China's earliest and ...