Surrounded by white clouds, Baxian Mountain stands beside Longhua Town. This mountain has eight main peaks, just like eight arhats sitting cross-legged in a row, so it is called the Eight Immortals. I don't know when it was carved, but it stands quietly on a stone cliff at an altitude of 89 1 m on the mountainside of Longxi River. Looking out from the green, her hair is like a bun and she is wearing a cassock. Holding a bowl in the right hand and hanging down in the left hand, it is plump, solemn and kind, and is a typical western Buddha statue. 1985, the new edition of Pingshan county annals is 32 meters high; According to Selected Materials of Yibin Literature and History and written by pingshan county 1998, Pingshan, the Pearl of Jinsha River, is 37m high and1/m wide.
I have not measured it. I only see that it has not been cut and shaped below the knee. If the feet are chiseled well, at least 10 meter should be raised. I can't help feeling sorry. When the local villagers saw me like this, they all said that the Buddha's feet could not be carved. If you carve, the Buddha has to wash his feet. Every summer, the big and small Longxi at the foot of the mountain will be flooded, and the Longhua ancient town downstream will be swept away. That's not my original intention of being merciful and keeping all beings safe.
Among the top ten Buddha statues in the world listed in the Encyclopedia of China, the Eight Immortals Buddha is on the list. The top ten Buddha statues sit or lie down. The Eight Immortals Mountain Buddha, dressed in cassock, looks dignified, his left hand is chest, his right hand is drooping, and his palm is outward. It is a deep relief that leads the Buddha statue. In March, 200012000, two standing Buddha statues in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, were ruthlessly destroyed by Taliban gunfire, and the Eight Immortals Buddha became the first standing Buddha statue in the world.