Why did the 66-meter-long Mengshan Buddha disappear?

During the Yuan Dynasty, the Mengshan Giant Buddha suffered some erosion due to natural reasons, resulting in its original appearance no longer. Therefore, the existence of this giant Buddha is very low, which makes people think that this giant Buddha has disappeared in the long river of history. In fact, it has not completely disappeared, but the head of this giant Buddha has been damaged, and other parts of the body have been destroyed by erosion, giving people the feeling of a pile of big stones. However, in the development of the later dynasties, people began to pay attention to it. Especially 1983, the local government attached great importance to the protection of this giant Buddha and began to restore this cultural relic.

Speaking of giant Buddha, you may think of Leshan Giant Buddha in Sichuan, because it is very famous at home and abroad. It passes through the flowing place on the mountain and has a good feng shui function. In the eyes of many feng shui people, it can suppress the evil in the water and protect the local weather. But besides Leshan Giant Buddha in other parts of China, there is another place called Mengshan Giant Buddha, which is also very famous in history.

In the Tang dynasty, it was defeated by the emperor of the Tang dynasty many times. From this, it can be said that the Mengshan Giant Buddha at that time was the peak of his life. However, due to the war and some natural erosion, the Mengshan Giant Buddha has been in disrepair for a long time, and its head has also been damaged, greatly reducing the sense of existence of the Mengshan Giant Buddha in history.

Moreover, the appearance of Mengshan Giant Buddha was destroyed, which was very serious. His whole head is completely gone, leaving only some trunk parts of his body. However, due to some attention from the cultural relics department of our country, it was put on the protection agenda, and the Mengshan Giant Buddha began his comfortable process, starting from 1983. People have completely protected the Mengshan Buddha and built a new head for him. Then he made some sculptures on his body surface. In this way, in 2008, the Mengshan Giant Buddha returned to public view, and Buddhists from all over the world came to the location of Mengshan Giant Buddha in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province for a kind of worship.