The Great Buddha
The statue was made in 1252.
Originally it was gilded and enclosed in a large temple but tje great temple of the Buddha was destroyed by a tyohoon and a tidal wave in 1395 and he appeared sitting in the open air as he is now !he weight about 274.428 poundsis 37 feet highthis mouth si 2,8 feet, his ear 6,2 , his eye 3,3 his face 7,7it is a masterpiece of proportion .the statue breeze the compassionate soul it embodied and I had a great warm feeling to sat and there at his glorious feet so "human " he looks.
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