Mengshan Giant Buddha Explained

Mengshan Giant Buddha
Height Metric:	63
Metric Unit:	m
Imperial Unit:	ft
City:	Jinyuan District, Taiyuan, Shanxi
Coordinates:	37.7801°N 112.4467°W
Italic Title:	no

The Mengshan Giant Buddha is a stone statue located in the city of Taiyuan, Shanxi and was built during the Northern Qi dynasty.^[1] Initially discovered in a 1980 census, the statue was found to have its head missing.^[2] From 2006 to 2008, people constructed a 12-meter tall head for the statue.^[3] ^[4] The site opened to the public in October 2008.^[5]

Notes and References

Web site: Mengshan Mountain Giant Buddha - the second largest in the world. 21 June 2012. People's Daily.
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Web site: http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2007-01-08/232611982390.shtml . zh:太原蒙山大佛维修复原工程威胁文物被叫停. Sina Corp. 8 January 2007. zh.
Web site: http://fo.ifeng.com/news/200801/0128_14_48491.shtml. https://web.archive.org/web/20141229154933/http://fo.ifeng.com/news/200801/0128_14_48491.shtml . zh:佛头安放完毕山西太原蒙山大佛亮相. 28 January 2008. 29 December 2014. Phoenix Television. zh.
Web site: http://news.qq.com/a/20081008/002356.htm . zh:蒙山大佛向世人展露真容. 8 October 2008. Tencent. zh.