The eye-closing events of Leshan Giant Buddha mostly occur after the catastrophe (acid rain corrosion leads to visual errors).

Leshan Giant Buddha is a famous tourist attraction in Sichuan. Many people visit it every year, and it has become a local tourist card. It is a famous statue of Buddha in China. There have been many incidents of Leshan Giant Buddha closing its eyes. What happened? Let's take a look together. Close the eyes of Leshan Giant Buddha: Acid rain causes the eyelids of Buddha to turn black

Leshan Giant Buddha was built in Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, mainly for the sake of Zhenjiang water by local people. It is said that there has never been a shipwreck here since the giant Buddha was built. According to relevant records, local people think that this giant Buddha is spiritual and go back to worship it every year, but it did happen that Leshan Giant Buddha closed its eyes.

In modern times, the Leshan Giant Buddha closed his eyes and shed tears twice, the most famous of which was from 1962 to 1963. Because there was a famine in the whole country for many years, many people died tragically, so people thought that the giant Buddha was unable to save the people, so he closed his eyes and shed tears. In addition, in 1976, after the Tangshan earthquake, the facial color of the giant Buddha changed, and people thought it was a giant Buddha.

Later, after research by scientists, it was found that the closure of Leshan Giant Buddha's eyes was mainly related to acid rain. Leshan Giant Buddha is located in Sichuan Basin where the air humidity is relatively high. Since modern times, air pollution has aggravated the phenomenon of acid rain. When acid rain falls to the ground, it will corrode buildings, causing building materials to become dirty and black, which is called black shell? Effect.

The Leshan Giant Buddha is carved from complete rocks. When acid rain falls on the giant Buddha, it is because of acid rain? Black shell? In 1962, the Leshan municipal government allocated special funds for the comprehensive maintenance of the Buddha statue, which made the Buddha's eyes open again.