Leshan Giant Buddha Route Map

Leshan Giant Buddha Route Map:

Leshan Giant Buddha, also known as Lingyun Giant Buddha, is located on the side of Lingyun Temple on the east bank of the Nanmin River in Leshan City, Sichuan Province, near the confluence of the Dadu River, Qingyi River and Minjiang River. at. The Leshan Giant Buddha was excavated in the first year of Kaiyuan of the Tang Dynasty (713) and completed in the 19th year of Zhenyuan (803), which took about ninety years. It is the largest cliff-carved statue in China.

The head of the Leshan Giant Buddha is flush with the mountain, with its feet on the river and its hands on its knees. The Buddha has a well-proportioned body and a solemn demeanor. The Buddha is 71 meters high, with a head height of 14.7 meters, a head width of 10 meters, 1021 buns, ears 7 meters long, nose 5.6 meters long, eyebrows 5.6 meters long, mouth and eyes 3.3 meters long, neck height 3 meters, shoulders wide 24 meters, the fingers are 8.3 meters long, 28 meters from the knees to the insteps, and the insteps are 8.5 meters wide. More than a hundred people can sit on the insteps.

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Leshan Giant Buddha Transportation

1. Railway

The Chengdu-Kunming Railway traverses the municipal Jiajiang, Emeishan, Shawan, For 5 counties, cities and districts including Emeishan and Jinkouhe, if you take a train to Leshan and Emeishan, you can get off at Emeishan Station on the Chengdu-Kunming Line. This station is 10 kilometers away from the gate of Emeishan Scenic Area (Baoguo Temple) and 10 kilometers away from Leshan. 31 kilometers from the city center. You can also get off at Leshan North Station on the Chengdu-Kunming Railway and take the Leshan Jiajiang shuttle bus to Leshan city, which takes 30 minutes.

2. Highway

The expressway from Chengdu to Leshan is only 162 kilometers away. There are regular buses at Chengdu North Gate, Ximen and Xinnanmen stations, and various travel agencies have tour buses.

Leshan and Emeishan City are 31 kilometers apart and connected by expressways, with a bus every 10 minutes. In addition to Chengdu and Emeishan, Leshan also has expressway passenger lines to Chongqing, Neijiang, Zigong, Yibin and Ya'an.

There are high-grade highways connecting the city center to nearby districts and counties.

3. Waterway

Leshan is located at the intersection of the Minjiang River and the Dadu River. There are dozens of tourist boats to the Leshan Giant Buddha every day. Leshan Port has passenger ships to Yibin, Luzhou and Chongqing.