Leshan Giant Buddha North Gate

Leshan Giant Buddha North Gate is in Leshan, East Sichuan, Sichuan. Leshan Giant Buddha North Gate is situated nearby to the park North Gate Ecological Square, as well as near the waterfall Dragon.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leshan Giant Buddha and Wuyou Temple.

Leshan Giant Buddha

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

The Leshan Giant Buddha is a 71-meter tall stone statue, built between 712 and 804 AD. 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. Leshan Giant Buddha is situated 350 metres southwest of Leshan Giant Buddha North Gate.

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 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 3½ km west of Leshan Giant Buddha North Gate.

Leshan Giant Buddha North Gate

Type: Tourist attraction
Also known as: “乐山大佛-北门”
Category: tourism
Location: Leshan, East Sichuan, Sichuan, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

29.54978° or 29° 32′ 59″ north

Longitude

103.77094° or 103° 46′ 15″ east

Open location code

7PX5GQXC+W9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7994264687

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include North Gate Ecological Square and Dragon’s Pond.

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