The Leshan Giant Buddha in the province of Sichuan — the largest Buddha statue in the world — was partly submerged by ongoing floods in Southern China last week, reports Smithsonian Magazine. A ...

Beijing — Heavy rainfall has swelled China's Yangtze River, threatening UNESCO World Heritage Sites and forcing officials to reassure nervous citizens that the world's largest hydroelectric dam isn't ...

Carved into Lingyun Mountain in China’s Sichuan province, the Leshan Giant Buddha dates back to the eighth century. (xiquinhosilva/Flickr) As of mid-last week, the water started to recede from the ...

One of the most extraordinary sites in China is officially open again for visitors after a six-month closure, and it’s definitely worthy of going on your bucket list. The 1,300-year-old statue is a ...

CHENGDU, 11 January (BelTA - Xinhua). - The world's largest stone Buddha statue, the Giant Buddha of Leshan, needs a repair, again. Less than three years after the completion of the latest large-scale ...

A three-day, exceptionally grand ceremony began Sunday to mark the 1,200th anniversary of completion of the world's tallest Buddha statue, commonly known as the "Leshan Buddha." Huang Mingquan, mayor ...

For an aspiring tourist mecca, the Oriental Buddha Kingdom Theme Park in the lush mountains of Leshan is doing a pretty woeful job. Its main attraction, a 37-meter replica of one of the famed Bamiyan ...