The folks living in remote, mountainous Sichuan certainly did ... of Leshan city took a more practical view: they called it good for business. “Now our Buddha is even more valuable,” says ...

Apart from being the instruments of deep spiritual beliefs, Buddha statues ... Dadu and Qingyi – in Sichuan province’s Leshan city. The construction of this statue was started by monk Haitong ...

Tourists view the statue of the Leshan Giant Buddha in Leshan City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 26, 2019. The giant Buddha in southwest China's Sichuan Province reopened to tourists ...

Tourists view the statue of the Leshan Giant Buddha in Leshan, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 23, 2020. Photo: Xinhua The management committee of a 5A tourist spot featuring China's ...

Tourists view the statue of the Leshan Giant Buddha in Leshan City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 23, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Chaoqun) The world's largest stone Buddha statue, the Giant ...

Before and after the painting of Buddha statues created in the late Northern Wei (386-534) during the Northern and Southern Dynasties (386-589) in Bazhong city, Southwest China’s Sichuan ...

Located in rural Nanjiang County in the province of Sichuan, the Shifeihe Buddha statues were carved in the late Northern Wei era (386-534) during the Northern and Southern Dynasties and have ...