Grand Buddha at Ling Shan

The Grand Buddha is located on the north shore of , near , , within the Lingshan Scenic Area. It is one of the largest Buddha statues in China and also in the world.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zhoutie and Xueyan.

Town
Town is a town in , , , to the west of , China. is situated 9 km west of Grand Buddha at Ling Shan.

Town
Photo: Fumikas Sagisavas, CC0.
is a town, which is situated 9 km north of Grand Buddha at Ling Shan.

Grand Buddha at Ling Shan

Latitude
31.43205° or 31° 25′ 55″ north
Longitude
120.09151° or 120° 5′ 29″ east
Inception
1996
Height
88 metres (289 feet)
Open location code
8Q32C3JR+RJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 606957371
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­statue
Wiki­data ID
Q2520201
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Grand Buddha at Ling Shan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بودا لينغ شان الكبير”
  • Arabic: “بوذا لينغ شان الكبير”
  • Basque: “Ling Sahngo Buda erraldoia”
  • Burmese: “လင်းရှန်ရှိ ဗုဒ္ဓရုပ်ပွားတော်ကြီး”
  • Chinese: “Língshān Dàfú”
  • Chinese: “灵山大佛”
  • Chinese: “靈山大佛”
  • Czech: “Buddha v Ling Šan”
  • Czech: “Velký Buddha v Ling Šan”
  • Dutch: “Grote Boeddha van Ling Shan”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بودا لينج شان الكبير”
  • French: “Grand Bouddha de Ling Shan”
  • German: “Großer Buddha am Lingshan”
  • Italian: “Buddha di Ling Shan”
  • Japanese: “霊山大仏”
  • Korean: “영산대불”
  • Korean: “태호영산대불”
  • Korean: “太湖灵山大佛”
  • Marathi: “ग्रँड बुद्ध, लिंगशान”
  • Marathi: “ग्रँड बुद्ध”
  • Polish: “Wielki Budda z Ling Shan”
  • Rakhine: “လင်းရှန်း ဗုဒ္ဓရုပ်ပွားတော်ကြီး”
  • Russian: “Линшаньский Будда Шакьямуни”
  • Russian: “Статуя Будды в Уси”
  • Sinhala: “ලිංෂාන්හි දැවැන්ත බුද්ධ ප්‍රතිමාව”
  • Spanish: “Gran Buda de Ling Shan”
  • Thai: “พระใหญ่หลิง ซานต้าฝอ(พระพุทธเจ้าปางประสูติ”
  • Thai: “หลิงซานต้าฝอ”
  • Wu Chinese: “灵山大佛”

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