中原大佛 | |
 Spring Temple Buddha with its pedestals | |
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| 33°46′30″N 112°27′03″E / 33.775082°N 112.450925°E | |
| Location | Foquan Temple, Fodushan Scenic Area, Lushan County, Henan, China |
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| Type | Statue |
| Material | copper cast |
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| Completion date | 1 September 2008 |
| Dedicated to | Vairocana Buddha |
The Zhongyuan Buddha (Chinese: 中原大佛; pinyin: zhōngyuán dàfú; lit. 'Big Buddha of the Great Plains' and simplified Chinese: 鲁山大佛; traditional Chinese: 魯山大佛) or better known in English as the Spring Temple Buddha is a colossal statue depicting Vairocana Buddha located in Foquan Temple (Chinese: 佛泉寺; 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), excluding a 25 metres (82 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).[2][3]
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ (in Chinese) "中国佛山金佛-153米卢舍那佛 - 墨宝斋" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2008-09-01.
- ^ 斯威夫特著（英）乔纳森 (2018). 格列佛游记. 义务教育语文新课标必读丛书 (in Chinese). 新华出版社. p. 258. ISBN 978-7-5166-4003-6. Retrieved 2024-05-06.