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Great Buddha, Big Buddha, or Giant Buddha may refer to:


China

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Leshan Giant Buddha The Leshan Giant Buddha ( zh, t=樂山大佛) 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 Minjiang River (Sic ...
in Leshan, Sichuan * Rongxian Giant Buddha in Rongxian, Sichuan *
Grand Buddha at Ling Shan The Grand Buddha () is located on the north shore of Lake Tai, near Wuxi, Jiangsu. It is one of the largest Buddha statues in China and also in the world. The Grand Buddha at Ling Shan is a bronze Amitabha standing Buddha Siddhartha Ga ...
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Tian Tan Buddha The Big Buddha is a large bronze sculpture of Buddha, completed in 1993, and located at Ngong Ping, near Po Lin Monastery on Lantau Island, Hong Kong. Construction The sculpture's base is a model of the one in the United Kingdom. One of th ...
, or "Big Buddha", Ngong Ping, Lantau Island, Hong Kong *
Spring Temple Buddha The Zhongyuan Buddha (; and ) or better known in English as the Spring Temple Buddha is a colossal statue depicting Vairocana Buddha located in Foquan Temple (; ) in the Zhaocun township of Lushan County, Henan, China, built between 1997 and 20 ...
, Lushan County, Henan


Japan

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Daibutsu or 'giant Buddha' is the Japanese language, Japanese term, often used informally, for large Japanese sculpture, statues of List of Buddhas, Buddha. The oldest is that at Asuka-dera (609) and the best-known is that at Tōdai-ji in Nara, Nara, N ...
'' (the Great Buddha), name given to several large Buddha statues in Japan **
Gifu Great Buddha The is a large Buddhist statue located in Shōhō-ji (Gifu), Shōhō-ji in Gifu, Gifu, Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It was conceived by the 11th head priest of Kinpouzan Shōhō temple, Ichyuu, around 1790, in hopes of averting large earthq ...
, Shōhō-ji in Gifu Prefecture ** ''
Kamagaya Great Buddha The is the smallest Daibutsu (Buddhist statue) in Japan. It is located in the city of Kamagaya, Chiba Prefecture, to the north of Tokyo. History The Kamagaya Daibutsu was commissioned by a wealthy local merchant, Okuniya Fukuda Bunemon, to pray ...
'', Kamagaya, Chiba Prefecture ** Daibutsu (Great Buddha) at
Kōtoku-in is a Buddhist temples in Japan, Buddhist temple of the Jōdo-shū sect in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Its mountain name is , and its common temple name is . The temple is renowned for , a monumental outdoor bronze stat ...
, Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture ** Great Buddha at Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture ** Great Buddha at
Tōdai-ji is a Buddhist temple complex that was once one of the powerful Nanto Shichi Daiji, Seven Great Temples, located in the city of Nara, Nara, Nara, Japan. The construction of the temple was an attempt to imitate Chinese temples from the much-admir ...
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Ushiku Daibutsu is a statue located in Ushiku, Ibaraki, Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Completed in 1993, it stands a total of tall, including the base and 10 m lotus platform. It held the record for the tallest statue from 1993 to 2008 and , it is the L ...
in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan


Thailand

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Wat Pho Wat Pho (, ), also spelled Wat Po, is a Buddhism, Buddhist temple complex in the Phra Nakhon, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok, Thailand. It is on Rattanakosin Island, directly south of the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Grand Palace. Known also as the Temp ...
, the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, Bangkok *
Great Buddha of Thailand The Big Buddha of Thailand, also known as The Great Buddha, The Big Buddha of Thailand, Phra Buddha Maha Nawamin, and Mahaminh Sakayamunee Visejchaicharn (; ) is a statue of the Buddha, located in Ang Thong Province of Thailand. It is the tall ...
, Wat Muang Monastery, Ang Thong province (The tallest statue in Thailand) *
Luangpho Yai Luangpho Yai (, ), also known as Phra Phutta Rattana Mongkhol Maha Munee (, ), and The Great Buddha of Roi Et, is the fourth-tallest statue in Thailand. Located in the Wat Bhurapha Phiram temple in Roi Et Province, this statue stands tall (or ...
Great Buddha, Roi Et (2nd-tallest) *
Big Buddha Temple Wat Phra Yai, known in English as the Big Buddha Temple, is a Buddhist temple on Ko Phan (also spelled Koh Fan or Koh Faan), a small island offshore from the northeastern area of Ko Samui, Thailand, connected to that island by a short causeway ...
, Ko Phan, Ko Samui *
Wat Intharavihan Wat Intharawihan or Wat Intharavihan (, ) is a Third Class Royal wat (temple) located in the Phra Nakhon District of Bangkok, Thailand. It is noted for its high standing Buddha statue known as Luang Pho To or "Phra Si Ariyamettrai" that was erec ...
, home to the tallest statue in Bangkok, Luang Pho To *
Tiger Cave Temple The Tiger Cave Temple (, ) is a Buddhism, Buddhist temple north-northeast of Krabi, Thailand. A sacred site, it is known for the tiger paw prints in the cave, tall Gautama Buddha, Buddha statues and the strenuous flight of stairs to reach the summ ...
, overlooking Krabi


Others

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Buddha of Ibiraçu The Buddha of Ibiraçu (), also known as the Great Buddha of Ibiraçu () or Giant Buddha (), is a Brazilian gigantic statue of the Buddha located in the city of Ibiraçu, Espírito Santo. Details Inaugurated in August 2021, after over a year ...
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Buddhas of Bamyan The Buddhas of Bamiyan (, ) were two monumental Buddhist art of Bamiyan, Buddhist statues in the Bamyan, Bamiyan Valley of Afghanistan, built possibly around the 6th-century. Located to the northwest of Kabul, at an elevation of , Radiocarbon da ...
in Bamyan, Afghanistan * ''Great Buddha'' (Bodh Gaya), India * ''The Great Buddha'' (painting), 1899 painting by
Gauguin Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (; ; 7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a French painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist, and writer, whose work has been primarily associated with the Post-Impressionist and Symbolist movements. He was also an influ ...
* Laykyun Sekkya, Myanmar


Films

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The Great Buddha+ Great Buddha, Big Buddha, or Giant Buddha may refer to: China * Leshan Giant Buddha in Leshan, Sichuan * Rongxian Giant Buddha in Rongxian, Sichuan * Grand Buddha at Ling Shan, in Wuxi, Jiangsu * Tian Tan Buddha, or "Big Buddha", Ngong Ping, Lan ...
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