Giant Buddha Temple
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| Address: | southwest corner of Zhangye, Zhangye, Gansu, 734000 |
| Phone: | 0936-6933666 0936-8212049 |
| Price Range: | 41yuan ~ High end of price range |
| Hours: | 8：00——17：00 |
| Level: | AAAA |
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| Short Description: | the Giant Buddha Temple is the largest architectural heritage from the Western Xia Dynasty (1038-1227). |
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Located in the southwest corner of Zhangye, the Giant Buddha Temple is the largest architectural heritage from the Western Xia Dynasty (1038-1227).
The gold-plated and painted Giant Buddha lies in the Nirvana position in the middle of the hall. The whole Buddha is 34.5 meters long and 7.5 meters wide between its two shoulders. One can easily take a sound nap on the Buddha's finger, and his ear is big enough for eight people to sit side by side!
Not only the size of the Buddha is incredible, its calm expression also demonstrates great talent of the ancient people.
When walking from the Buddha's head side to its feet side, one can notice that the Buddha's eye lids are gradually closing, from half open, to almost closed.
10 disciples stand behind the Buddha, and 18 Saint Warriors stand in two side halls. If you are a painting lover, you will greatly appreciate the halls covered in colorful murals depicting episodes from the ancient Chinese encyclopedia and from 'Journey to the West'.
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