Spring Temple Buddha
Lushan County, China · built 2008
The Zhongyuan Buddha (pinyin: zhōngyuán dàfó, lit. 'Big Buddha of the Great Plains' and simplified, traditional, pinyin: Lǔshān dàfó) or better known in English as the Spring Temple Buddha is a colossal statue depicting Vairocana Buddha located in Foquan Temple (pinyin: fó quán sì, lit. 'Buddha Natural-Spring Temple') in the Zhaocun township of Lushan County, Henan, China, built between 1997 and 2008. It is located within the Fodushan Scenic Area, close to National Freeway 311. At 128 metres (420 ft), including a 20-metre (66 ft) lotus throne, it is the second-tallest statue in the world after the Statue of Unity in Gujarat, India, which surpassed it in 2018 with a height of 182 metres (597 ft).
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