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Mengshan Giant Buddha Jinyuan District, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China Last Updated: 02/27/2025 |
| The Mengshan Giant Buddha is a stone statue located in the north peak of Mengshan Mountain, Taiyuan and built during the Northern Qi dynasty. Initially discovered in a 1980 census, the statue was found to have its head missing. From 2006 to 2008, people constructed a 12-meter tall head for the statue. The site opened to the public on October 2008. | |
| Mengshan Grand Buddha, built in 6th century, is known as the earliest and heaviest carved stone in the world. According to the record of the Qing Dynasty, the height of Mengshan Grand Buddha is 63 meters, 8 meters lower than Sichuan Leshan Grand Buddha which was completed later than the former for 162 years. | |
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Taiyuan Place » City Taiyuan is the capital of Shanxi, China. With a history of more than 2,500 years, Taiyuan once was an important political, military, economic, and cultural center in ancient North China. Today Taiyuan is the political, economic, cultural and international exchange center of Shanxi Province. As of 2021, the city had a total area of 6,988 square kilometers and a permanent population of 5,390,957. 74 views 💖 1 👍 0China |