Mengshan Giant Buddha

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Mengshan Giant Buddha 蒙山大佛

Dimensions	63 m (207 ft)
Location	Jinyuan District, Taiyuan, Shanxi
Coordinates	37°46′48″N 112°26′48″E / 37.7801°N 112.4467°E / 37.7801; 112.4467

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

References

^ ^a ^b 佛头安放完毕山西太原蒙山大佛亮相 (in Chinese). Phoenix Television. 28 January 2008. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014.
^ "Mengshan Mountain Giant Buddha - the second largest in the world". People's Daily. 21 June 2012.
^ 寻佛记之二·寻佛者 (in Chinese). 15 December 2007.
^ 太原蒙山大佛维修复原工程威胁文物被叫停 (in Chinese). Sina Corp. 8 January 2007.
^ 蒙山大佛向世人展露真容 (in Chinese). Tencent. 8 October 2008.

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