Mengshan Giant Buddha

The Mengshan Giant Buddha is a stone statue located in the city of , and was built during the Northern Qi dynasty. Initially discovered in a 1980 census, the statue was found to have its head missing.
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Latitude
37.78186° or 37° 46′ 55″ north
Longitude
112.43811° or 112° 26′ 17″ east
Open location code
8P9JQCJQ+P6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 694245143
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­statue
Wiki­data ID
Q15897387

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Wu Chinese—“Mengshan Giant Buddha” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “蒙山大佛”
  • Chinese: “西山大佛”
  • Dutch: “Grote Boeddha van Mengshan”
  • Indonesian: “Patung Buddha Mengshan”
  • Literary Chinese: “蒙山大佛”
  • Wu Chinese: “蒙山佛像”

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