New Giant Smiling Buddha
Posted on Sunday, December 31, 2006 at 10:55 AM by Sifu Smith
Posted in Buddhist, History, Stories
The Xuedou Temple in Fenghua County will starting building the new Giant
Smiling Buddha this week. The statue will be 38 meters (124.5 feet) tall
and cost 200 million yuan (25.6 million $US). Maitreya (Big Smiling
Buddha) is a very popular image of Buddha among Chinese people. The
Chinese people altered it into the image of a local monk called Cloth
Bag monk (Bu Dai monk).
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New Giant Smiling Buddha Edited on: Sunday, December 31, 2006 10:57 AM