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China races for the biggest buddhist statue

Posted by Jim Down Posted by Jim Down in Arts section

Th Maitreya Buddha

Chinese workers will start to build a 155-meters-tall copper statue of Bodhisattva at Jiuhua Mountain, one of the four major Buddhist shrines in China, on September 9. It will be the largest statue of Bodhisattva in the world when completed.

The statue of a Bodhisattva, which Xinhua news agency said was the God of Wisdom, is to be built at Jiuhua Mountain in central China. Jiuhua is one of the four major Buddhist shrines in China.

"It will be the largest statue of a Bodhisattva in the world when completed," Xinhua reported.

 

The announcement is likely to dismay Indian and British planners, who have begun work on a project to build a 500ft Maitreya Buddha, originally reported to be in the running for the title of the world’s largest statue.

The Maitreya project in the northern Indian province of Bihar is expected to be completed in 2005. So far it seems, however, that the Indian Buddha is fated to cross the finishing line in second place.

The Chinese appear to be planning to outdo their Indian competitors by over a year, with a projected finish date of 2004. Wang Jiaxiang, deputy head of the Jiuhua construction project, said building work will begin in September and take three years to complete.

The Chinese statue will consist of 1,100 pieces of copper cast and will weigh around 1,000 tonnes, the agency said.

The entire project is estimated to cost around $55m, with $18m being spent on the statue itself. Xinhua said inspiration for the Bodhisattva statue has been taken from an ancient Korean prince-turned-monk who resided on Jiuhua Mountain.

Kim Kiao-kak, from the Korean Peninsula’s Silla kingdom, is recorded as having retired to the mountain to become a monk in 719AD and spent 75 years there until his death at the age of 99.

According to Buddhist tradition, Bodhisattvas, having attained enlightenment, renounce nirvana in order to help humanity on its pilgrimage. The plans for the statues have been announced in the wake of the blowing up of the Bamiyan Buddhas by Afghanistan’s Taleban movement.

China had condemned the destruction of Afghanistan’s Buddhist heritage.



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Near Pakse city, there is a big Buddha statue too, although is not the biggest but still considering big in Laos. There is a video in youtube showing this statue.



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Is it recently built? I like to go there and see.

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Yeah...let's promote Buddhism.
Let's promote Lao culture.

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Anonymous

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Oh..I thought The World's Largest Buddha Image is in Wat Moung, Ang-thong Province of Thailand



























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Those pictures are amazing.
Wow, now India is also planning to build the biggest one too, but this by the Chinese beat it. Just look at the tree below the foot of the statue.

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Those pictures are amazing.
Wow, now India is also planning to build the biggest one too, but this by the Chinese beat it. Just look at the tree below the foot of the statue.



 But Chinese one is higher cause of the platform and the sitting position like sitting on the chair which the Thai one is sitting like meditation on the ground. They should build in standing position so it will be more higher than. hahaha

But I like the Thai one as it similar to out Lao style buddha image but the Chinese one is quite far from us



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I wonder... do they have Lightning Conductor on top of the Buddha? It seem to be dangerously if no have it as the buddha is sooooooo big and tall



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Where is Ang Thong? Is it close to laos?
Those are really nice piece of work.

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Should Laos build one as big as that too?

-- Edited by KAONIAW on Wednesday 23rd of June 2010 02:56:34 AM

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I don't a reason for Laos to build one, we don't have money.

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as long as you and me believe in buddha , you and me can respect and pray without any buddha image in front of you, the beliefe in your heart.. something will become a miracle if you believe. as long as people have money, it would be ok to build a big buddha.

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KAONIAW wrote:

Where is Ang Thong? Is it close to laos?
Those are really nice piece of work.


Angthong is one of the Thailand's province in the Central Region closed to Singha Buri, Lop Buri, Suphan Buri and Krung Sri Ayuthaya provine. Near Bangkok but far from Laos


 



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Top 14 staue in the world before this one.

14. Mother Motherland Statue

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Height:62 m (203 ft)
Name: Mother Motherland
Location:Kiev Ukraine
Description:Stands on a 40 m pedestal. 102 m (335 ft) total monument height


13. Leshan Giant Buddha Statue

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Height:71 m (233 ft)
Name: Leshan Giant Buddha
Location:Leshan China
Description:Construction started in 713.

12. Great Standing Maitreya Budha Statue

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Height:72 m (236 ft)
Name: Great Standing Maitreya Buddha
Location:Emei Township, Hsinchu County China

11. Awaji Kannon Statue

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Height:80 m (262 ft)
Name: Awaji Kannon
Location:Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture Japan
Description:Stands on a 20 m pedestal/building. 100 m (328 ft) total height

10. Mother Motherland Calls

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Height:85 m (279 ft)
Name: Rodina-Mat’ Zovyot! (Mother Motherland Calls)
Location:Mamayev Kurgan; Volgograd Russia
Description:Finish-1967

9. Guan Yin Statue

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Height:88 m (289 ft)
Name: Dai Kannon of Kita no Miyako park
Location:Ashibetsu, Hokkaido Japan

8. Grand Buddha at Ling Shan

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Description: Finish 1989
Height:88 m (289 ft)
Name: Grand Buddha at Ling Shan
Location:Wuxi, Jiangsu Province China
Description:Finish 1996

7. Peter The Great Statue

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Height:96 m (315 ft)
Name: Peter the Great Statue
Location:Moscow Russia
Description: Finish 1997

6. Sendai Dakaimon Statue

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Height:100 m (328 ft)
Name: Sendai Daikannon
Location:Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture Japan

5. Emperors Yan and Huang Statue

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Height:106 m (348 ft)
Name: Emperors Yan and Huang
Location:Zhengzhou, Henan China
Description:Finish 2007

4. Nanshan Guanyin

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Height:108 m (354 ft)
Name: Nanshan Haishang Guanyin
Location:Sanya, Hainan China
Description:Finish 2005

3. Ushiku Daibutsu Statue

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Height:110 m (328 ft
Name: Ushiku Daibutsu
Location:Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture Japan
Description:Includes the 10 m (33 ft) lotus throne. Placed on a 10 m (33 ft) pedestal/building. 120 m (394 ft) total monument height finish-1995

2. Laykyun Setkyar

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Height:116 m (380ft)
Name: Laykyun Setkyar
Location:Monywa, Sagaing Division Myanmar
Description:

1. Spring Temple Buddha -Foshan Golden Buddha

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Height:128 m (420 ft) The Biggest Statues in The World
Name: Spring Temple Buddha -Foshan Golden Buddha
Location:Lushan, Henan China
Description:It includes a 20 m (66 ft) lotus throne. Placed on a 25 m (82 ft) pedestal/building. 153 m (502 ft) total monument height.



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Height: 93 m (305 ft)
Name: พระพุทธมหานวมินทร์ศากยมุนีศรี วิเศษชัยชาญ
Location: Wiset Chai Chan - Ang Thong
Description: Sits on a 2 m pedestal. 95 m (311.68 ft) total monument height

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the last one has a big belly!!!

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if talk about the big buddha in china, I would say that Lei shan big buddha which is located in Leishan, sichuan Province, I have been there a few years ago and it's really huge.

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What about our country Laos? What and where is the biggest statue in Laos?



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big, big, big... the new mantra of the chinese. those are beautiful photos, wow! thanks for posting those.





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