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The Giant Buddha

Ladies and gentlemen, now the boat has taken us to the front of the Giant Buddha, and it will stay here for ten minutes.So please give me five minutes and let me introduce this Buddha for you, and then you will have another five minutes to take photos, ok? And please remember, do not take off your life-jacket during this time, thanks!The Giant Buddha is the largest stone carved maitreya Buddha in the world.It was carved on the west side of Xi Luan peak of Ling Yun mountain.And the local people describe the Buddha as: “the hill unveils the Buddha and the Buddha fades into the hill”.Now, please lift up your head, and look at the whole image of the great Buddha.How tall do you think the Buddha is? 150 meters? Not that tall.100 meters? Yeah, you are very close!The Buddha is 71 meters in height and 24 meters in width.Please look at the big head.It is 14.7 meters in length and 10 meters in width.On his head are more than one thousand hair curls, each of them is as big as a huge round table.Each ear is 7 meters long and could accommodate two men;over one hundred men could be seated on its instep which is 8.5 meters-wide.The Buddha is such an awe-inspiring aura and bearing that every pious Buddhist believer feels compelled to fall to his knees and to pray for bleings and for a long time peaceful life.The Buddha was built in 713, in Tang dynasty, which is more than one thousand year ago.The Buddha was built from the bottom to the top.It was a Chinese monk, named Haitong, who ordered the construction of the Giant Buddha.And it is said that when funding for the project was threatened, Haitong had to gouge his eyes to show his piety and sincerity.His purpose to build the giant Buddha is to calm the turbulent waters that plagued the shipping veels traveling down the river.The project lasted 90 years and three generations.And after it was finished, just as Haitong wished, many stone were taken from the cliff and put on the riverbed, which made the water very safe for the boats.Well, you can see that even after more than one thousand years, the Giant Buddha is still complete and magnificent.The secrets of which except for those repair work the government does every year, is that there is a big drainage system in his ears.And that is a great protection for the Giant Buddha.And I remember when I was young, old people told me that there were many treasures in his ears.Some brave people once tried to get in and find them, but they never came back.So it is just like the pyramid, mysterious and attractive.And according to some pictures of history, the giant Buddha had closed his eyes for three times.Every time a terrible disaster breaks out, he will close his eyes and let tears running down his face to his mercy for the world.But that is what those Buddhists believe, other people who believe in science claim that, it is because that the paint is fading and the light, the angle of those pictures, which made the Buddha looks like closed his eyes.Some tourists might ask me: Siven, what do you think? Which theory do you support? Well, my opinion is, you know, the Buddha has been sitting there over one thousand years.The Buddha could be tired, so he just needs to take a nap.Haha, just for fun.But everybody is free to hold his own view.Then, let us look around.There are two guards beside the Buddha on each side, which can only be seen from the boat.And the location where the Giant Buddha situated is the confluence of three rivers.They are the Mingjiang River, the Qingyijiang River, and the Daduhe River, which is a wonderful scene.And the Buddha is facing the Leshan city, like he is protecting the citizens and the whole city.Well, the pronunciation of Buddha in Chinese is similar with the word “luck”.So now, time is yours.You can take some pictures of the Buddha and take good luck home.And five minutes later, the boat will take us to another spot to see the lying Buddha.