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Renshou Giant Buddha (仁寿大佛), also called Niujiaozhai Giant Buddha (牛角寨大佛) is a large stone Buddha located within
Renshou Giant Buddha (仁寿大佛), also called Niujiaozhai Giant Buddha (牛角寨大佛) is a large stone Buddha located within Renshou county
Renshou County () is a county in Meishan, Meishan City, Sichuan Province of China. It is located in Middle-West of Sichuan Basin. It has an area of , and population of 154,040,000. Founded in the Qin dynasty. Its name may derive from the first Sui ...
, Sichuan
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...
. It is 60 kilometers south of Chengdu. The Buddha was carved in 707 during the Tang Dynasty
The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an Zhou dynasty (690–705), interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dyn ...
. It was constructed six years earlier in the nearby famous Leshan Giant Buddha
The Leshan Giant Buddha () is a tall stone statue, built between 713 and 803 (during the Tang dynasty). It is carved out of a cliff face of Cretaceous red bed sandstones that lies at the confluence of the Min River and Dadu River in the southe ...
. Located around the statue are over 101 shrines belonging to Confucianism, Daoist, and Buddhist.
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