Dafo
Dafo is a suburb in Leshan, East Sichuan, Sichuan. Dafo is situated nearby to the village Jiufeng, as well as near the locality 月弦坝.- Type: Suburb
- Description: subdistrict in Shizhong, Leshan, Sichuan, China
- Also known as: “Dafo Subdistrict” and “大佛”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Leshan Giant Buddha and Wuyou Temple.
Leshan Giant Buddha
The Leshan Giant Buddha is a 71-meter tall stone statue, built between 713 and 803. It is carved out of a cliff face of Cretaceous red bed sandstones that lies at the confluence of the Min River and Dadu River in the southern part of Sichuan Province in China, near the city of Leshan.
Wuyou Temple
Forest
Photo: Urga, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wuyou Temple is a Buddhist temple located on the top of Mount Wuyou, in Shizhong District of Leshan, Sichuan, China. It is in the same area as the Leshan Giant Buddha and is the main and oldest temple in the area, being designated as Leshan's national key Buddhist temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Haitang Subdistrict and Lüxin.
Haitang Subdistrict
Suburb
Haitang Subdistrict is a subdistrict in Shizhong District of Leshan, Sichuan, China. As of 2020, it administers the following 17 residential communities:…
Lüxin
Suburb
Xiaoba Subdistrict is a subdistrict in Shizhong District, Leshan, Sichuan, China. As of 2018, it has 6 residential communities under its administration. Lüxin is situated 4 km west of Dafo.
Dafo
- Categories: subdistrict in China and locality
- Location: Leshan, East Sichuan, Sichuan, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.54946° or 29° 32′ 58″ northLongitude
103.77547° or 103° 46′ 32″ eastOpen location code
7PX5GQXG+Q5OpenStreetMap ID
node 7448031066OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q10933558
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Wu Chinese—“Dafo” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “大佛街道”
- Chinese: “大佛街道办事处”
- French: “sous-district de Dafo”
- French: “Sous-district de Dafo”
- Gan Chinese: “大佛街道”
- Wu Chinese: “大佛街道”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Giant Buddha North Gate and Lingbao Pagoda.
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