The Leshan Giant Buddha temporarily stopped accepting tourists due to heavy rains and the Wanxiang Pavilion in the Thousand Buddha Rock Scenic Area was washed away.

The Big Buddha is a popular and well-known local tourist attraction. This is an ancient historical site built in the Tang Dynasty and is the largest carved Buddha statue in China. It attracts tourists from all over the world every day. The following is the latest news about the suspension of ticket sales for Leshan Giant Buddha.

On August 6, 2008, the Giant Buddha Management Committee issued a statement "Notice of Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area on Suspension of Tourist Reception on August 6", stating that it would suspend reception of tourists throughout the day.

The notice stated that due to continued heavy rainfall, in order to ensure safety, the Giant Buddha will suspend receiving tourists all day on August 6 (Tuesday) to carry out safety hazard inspections.

In the early morning of August 6, 2008, the Wanxiang Pavilion in Qianfoyan Scenic Area in Jiajiang County, Leshan City was destroyed by falling rocks and heavy rain. Thousand Buddha Rock is located 3 kilometers west of Jiajiang County, Leshan City. Two mountains face each other and a river flows. As a cultural relic of the Tang Dynasty, the Qianjia Buddha Rock Grottoes are a national key cultural relic protection unit. Wanxiang Pavilion was once the viewing platform at the ancient entrance of Qianfoyan. From here, you can see the landscape on both sides of the Qingyi River.

According to the staff of the Jiajiang County Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, since there was no monitoring, it is estimated that the incident occurred in the early morning of the 6th. Continuous heavy rains and falling rocks caused the entire Wanxiang Pavilion to be washed into the Qingyi River. In addition, rocks fell near Wanglongping in the scenic area, damaging the railings.

The staff member said that fortunately there were no casualties when the incident occurred in the early morning. The Thousand Buddha Rock Scenic Area is currently closed and will be opened at a later date after the danger is eliminated. This morning, the Giant Buddha Management Committee issued a notice "Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area's Notice on Suspension of Tourist Reception on August 6" stating that it will suspend reception of tourists throughout the day.

The notice stated that due to continued heavy rainfall, in order to ensure safety, the Giant Buddha will suspend receiving tourists all day on August 6 (Tuesday), and carry out safety hazard inspections. Travel agencies and tourists who have booked today's mountain tour and Giant Buddha cruise tickets online in advance can contact the scenic spot for a refund.

Leshan urban area is severely flooded.

Online booking and refund hotlines: 0833-217772, 13518234732, 13990660095. Consultation hotline: 0833-2139652.

At 16:00 on August 5, the Chengdu Meteorological Observatory issued a yellow rainstorm warning: Due to the simultaneous influence of the plateau low value system and the southerly airflow, it is expected that from 20:00 on the 5th to 20:00 on the 6th, we will There will be an obvious rainy weather process in the city, with heavy rainfall in some places, and the rainfall in some places can reach about 250mm. Thunderstorms are accompanied by short-term strong winds above level 6. Please take precautions.

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On the evening of August 5, heavy rainfall occurred again in Leshan, Sichuan. At 8:09 that night, the Leshan Meteorological Observatory updated the blue rainstorm warning issued at 16:26 to a yellow warning.

Severe water accumulation in the urban area

Some community garages were flooded

Judging from the video taken by netizens, affected by this round of heavy rainfall, parts of the central city of Leshan There is water accumulation on the roads, especially around Wanda Plaza, and there is also water accumulation in the Wanda Plaza shopping mall.

According to the report of the Fourth Detachment of the Public Security Corps of the Sichuan Provincial Public Security Department, due to heavy rains, the Leshan South, Suji, and Fuxi stations of the Leya Expressway and the Emeishan Station of the Hanlong Expressway were closed last night, and the Leyi Expressway was closed in Leshan. Station, Wutongqiao Station, Jianwei South Station, Jianwei North Station, Xinmin Station; Le Expressway Jiajiang Station, Qingshen Station, Meishan Station, Pengshan Station and Qinglong Station small vehicles will be released every half hour, and trucks will continue to be controlled.

At 8:40 this morning, the Fourth Branch of the Sichuan Expressway Public Security Bureau released road condition information saying that due to heavy rains, the highways currently affected by the Fourth Branch of the Sichuan Expressway are:

Due to the landslide of K733, Leyi Expressway is closed to the south in the direction of Leyi. The collapse of the square outside Guanyintan on the Chengdu-Leshan expressway was controlled by Guanyintan. There are still two landslides in Hongya on Leya Expressway that have not been cleared. Except for Leshan

Affected by this regional heavy rain, many streets in Leshan city were seriously flooded, and some garages were even completely submerged. However, at 07:44 on August 6, the Leshan Meteorological Observatory lifted the blue heavy rain warning issued at 08:00 on August 5, 2008: The current affecting system has moved out of our city, and the precipitation tends to weaken, so the blue heavy rain warning was lifted.

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