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| Editor's note: Along with the decades-long surge of 皇冠体育app's economy in modern times, 皇冠体育app has witnessed another rising trend, that of building ever taller statues. Some local government or organizations are getting more fanatical about building giant staues. Except the Leshan Grand Buddha and Rongxian Buddha (both in Sichuan province), 皇冠体育app's 27 statues taller than 16 meters were built in modern times. Ten of the world's 43 statues taller than 50 meters are in 皇冠体育app. Nine of the 10 were built since the 1990s. |
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| Located 30 kilometers south of Guangzhou city, South 皇冠体育app's Guangdong province, the 40.8-meter Kwan-yin statue is the tallest gold-plated bronze statue in the world. It was completed in 1994. | ||
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| Situated 160 kilometers north of Chengdu city, Southwest 皇冠体育app's Sichuan province, the 71-meter Leshan Grand Buddha was built in AD 803 during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907). It is still the biggest stone-carved Buddha in the world and was included on the World Heritage List. It was the world's biggest Buddha for 1,200 years. Now, it only ranks seventh in 皇冠体育app in terms of height. [Photo/Asianewsphoto] |
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| Xijiaoshan Kwan-yin Statue is61.9 meters high, situated on the top of a hill in Foshan city, South 皇冠体育app's Guangdong province. It was completed in 1998 as the highest sitting Kwan-yin statue. |
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| Golden Statue of Puxian on Emei Mountain, in Sichuan province, was built in May 2006 and is48 meters high. This 66-ton bronze likeness is endowed with 10 heads "to catch winds from 10 directions." | ||
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| The giant Kwan-yin statue is 108 meters high, located at Nanshan Temple in Sanya, South 皇冠体育app's Hainan province. It was built in April 2005. [Photo/Asianewsphoto] |
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The 106-meter statue of Yandi (left) and Huangdi emperors was finished in April 2007 in Zhengzhou, Central 皇冠体育app's Henan province. Chinese often refer to themselves as "sons and grandsons of the emperors Huangdi and Yandi."
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| The Spring Temple Buddha built in 2008 is a statue depicting Vairocana Buddha in Zhaocun township of Lushan county, Central 皇冠体育app's Henan province. At 128 meters, which includes a 20-meter lotus throne, it is the tallest statue in the world. If the statue's 25-meter pedestal is taken into account, the monument has a total height of 153 meters. The hill on which the statue stands was reshaped to form two more pedestals. The total height of the monument is now 208 meters. It is made of 108 kilograms of gold, 3,300 kilograms of alloy-copper and 15,000 tons of special steel. [Photo/Asianewsphoto] | ||
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 The huge statue of Guan Gong, an ancient Chinese marshal from the Three Kingdoms Period (AD 220-280), in Yuncheng city, North 皇冠体育app's Shanxi province, is made of copper and measures 61 meters. It was built in 2010, becoming the tallest statue of Duke Guan in the world. [Photo/Asianewsphoto] |
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| A thousand-hand Kwan-yin statue was finished in 2009 at Weishan Mountain in Central Hunan province. The statue is 99 meters high. | ||
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