Located in Baolian Temple on Lantau Island, the Tiantan Giant Buddha is the largest outdoor bronze Buddha statue in the world. The construction of the Giant Buddha in the Temple of Heaven took 12 years, covering an area of about 6,567 square meters and costing more than 60 million Hong Kong dollars. The statue alone used more than 250 tons of copper and more than 4,000 kilograms of gold.
Imitate the Buddha statue of Siddhartha;
At the time of design, this Buddha statue was modeled after the statue of Sakyamuni Buddha (formerly known as Siddhartha), a Buddhist master in the Tang Dynasty. Sakyamuni Buddha was a prince of India at that time, but Siddhartha, the charming son who lived in the palace, had been living well because of a visit to the people's lives. Seeing that people's lives were very difficult, she left the palace to preach among the people, and was gradually accepted by people.
Features:
Baolian Temple at an altitude of 2,300 meters is surrounded by mountains and is resplendent. Among them, the Sambo Buddha, 500 arhats and Ding in the Hall of the Great Heroes are all very attractive.
There is also a vegetarian restaurant in the temple for tourists to enjoy authentic vegetarian dishes;
The world's largest outdoor Tiantan Buddha stands on Muyu Peak in the southwest of Baolian Temple and is now one of the pilgrimage sites for Chinese and foreign Buddhists.
The 26.4-meter-high Giant Buddha in the Temple of Heaven is welded by 202 pieces of bronze weighing 250 metric tons, and it takes 260 stone steps to climb the pedestal. The museum under the Giant Buddha enshrines the Buddhist relics of Sakyamuni.
Story:
There was once a legend ... when the bronze Buddha was built, it was difficult to raise funds. Later, a Japanese businessman planned to donate a huge sum of money on the condition that the giant Buddha would face Japan and was rejected by the relevant groups.
The technical strength of building a bronze giant Buddha outdoors and at an altitude of more than 2000 meters is so high that most companies are not sure. Later, China's space department took over this arduous project.
Information about the Buddha statue:
1. height: the height of the whole giant Buddha is about 26 meters.
2. Weight: 220 metric tons
3. Expenditure: over HK$ 60 million.
4. Graduation year: 1990
5. Commencement date:1993 65438+February 29th.
6. Opening hours: 65438+ 00:00 am to 5:45 pm daily.
7. location of the giant Buddha: the giant Buddha is on the 268 stone steps, with a high height. When we reach the foot of the giant Buddha, we need to climb more steps to really reach the position of the giant Buddha.
8. The number of layers of the giant Buddha: * * is divided into three layers. In addition to collecting scriptures, the third floor is also dedicated to the Buddhist relics of Sakyamuni, which is open to the outside world.