buddha maitreya, leshan giant buddha, shi cheng, shi xu

The Largest Statues in the World Are Mostly Religious Ones

There are many ways to express yourself through art and one of these is through eye-catching and aesthetic sculptures. Did you know that the largest statues in the world are based on religious themes and consist of deities, apostles, and holy figures? Some such sculptures carved out of stone and metal remain as memorable and ...

Armin Auctor

Statue of Christ the Redeemer overlooking the city of Rio de Janeiro.

Leshan Giant Buddha Statue’s Miraculous Manifestations

In Leshan City, Sichuan Province, there is a stone Buddha statue known as the Leshan Giant Buddha. This statue is carved out of a cliff and depicts a seated Maitreya Buddha, so it is also known as the Maitreya Giant Buddha.  It is located on Lingyun Mountain’s Qifeng Peak and lies at the confluence of three ...

Michael Segarty

The Maitreya Giant Buddha statue.

The Leshan Giant Buddha Weeps at the Crimes Against God and Humanity

The world’s largest and tallest stone Buddha statue, the Leshan Giant Buddha, is located at Lingyun Mountain’s Qifeng Peak, which is located at the confluence of three rivers — the Min River, Qingyi River, and Dadu River — in the southern part of Sichuan Province in China. The statue depicting Maitreya Buddha in a sitting ...

Michael Segarty

The Leshan Giant Buddha.