The Historical Background and Basic Position of Leshan Giant Buddha

Historical background and basic status quo of Leshan Giant Buddha: The construction of Leshan Giant Buddha began in the first year of Kaiyuan in Tang Dynasty, and then the project was interrupted. It was not until 40 years later that the construction was resumed, and it took 90 years to complete. On April 65438, 2065438, the preliminary investigation on the rescue protection of the damaged area of Leshan Giant Buddha in Sichuan, which lasted for nearly half a year, ended, Leshan Giant Buddha was officially cleared, and the Jiuqu plank road and the Buddha's foot sightseeing platform in the scenic spot were reopened.

Leshan in ancient times is located at the confluence of three rivers, and Minjiang River, Qingyi River and Dadu River meet at the foot of Lingyun Mountain. The water is quite fierce, and ships are often overturned. Every summer flood, the river will hit the mountain wall, which often leads to the tragedy of shipwrecks and deaths. Haitong Zen master initiated it to reduce the water potential and benefit all beings, and recruited manpower and material resources to repair it. The Buddha statue was built in the early years of Kaiyuan in Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty. When the Buddha reached his shoulder, the monk Haitong died. After Haitong's death, the project was once interrupted.

Many years later, Zhang Qiu and Joan, the messengers of Jian Xichuan, donated money, and Haitong's apprentice led craftsmen to continue to build the Giant Buddha. Due to the huge project, the court ordered the payment of hemp salt tax, which made the project progress rapidly. When the Leshan Giant Buddha was repaired to the knee, the builders Zhang Qiu and Joan moved home to be the ministers of the Ministry of Housing, and the project stopped again. Forty years later, Wei Gao, the messenger of Jianchuan, donated money to continue the construction of Leshan Giant Buddha. With the efforts of three generations of artisans, it was completed in Zhenyuan, Tang Dezong in the 19th year and lasted for 90 years.

Design features of Leshan Giant Buddha;

Leshan Giant Buddha has a set of cleverly designed and concealed drainage system, which plays an important role in protecting the giant Buddha. In the18th floor of the head of the Giant Buddha, there are horizontal drainage pipes on the 4th, 9th and18th floors respectively, and a drainage pipe on the left side of the right chest is connected with the drainage pipe on the back of the right arm. Behind the ear, near the cliff, there are caves connected left and right; There is a hole at each end of the chest and back, but they don't drill through each other. These ditches and caves form a scientific drainage, moisture-proof and ventilation system to prevent the erosive weathering of the giant Buddha.

You can directly reach the bottom of the giant Buddha along the Lingyun plank road on the left side of the giant Buddha. Look up at the giant Buddha here and you will feel the height of the sky. There is a nine-curve ancient plank road on the right side of the statue. The plank road was dug along the right cliff of the Buddha statue, which was extremely steep and tortuous for nine times before reaching the top of the plank road. This is the right side of the giant Buddha's head, which is the top of Lingyun Mountain. Here you can see the carving art of the giant Buddha's head. There are 105 1 hairs on the top of the giant Buddha. From a distance, the bun is integrated with the head, but in fact it is embedded with stones one by one.

There is a hole about 25 cm deep inside the root of the lobe of the right ear of the giant Buddha, and the Buddha's ear is 7 meters long. It is not made of original rock, but made of wooden columns and decorated with hammer ash. A hole was also found at the lower end of the Buddha's nose, revealing three pieces of wood and a finished glyph. It shows that the protruding bridge of the nose is also lined with wood and decorated with hammer ash. The hole is filled with scrap iron, worn lead skin, bricks, etc. It is said that after the completion of the Buddha in the Tang Dynasty, a wooden pavilion was built to protect it from the sun and rain.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Leshan Giant Buddha.