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Rongxian Giant Buddha 荣县大佛Róngxiàn Dàfó
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Zigong, Sichuan
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Zigong
- Region
- Sichuan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Rongxian Giant Buddha
A 36.7-metre seated Buddha carved from a sandstone hill on the edge of Rong County town in the Tang dynasty, usually ranked second in size among China's ancient stone Buddhas after Leshan. It sits within the Dafo Temple, rebuilt in the Qing, whose halls climb the hillside around it alongside Tang and Song cliff carvings and a garden of inscribed steles.
How to get to Rongxian Giant Buddha
On the south-eastern edge of Rong County town, about an hour by road west of Zigong.
Nearby
- Zigong, City of Salt and Dinosaurs 自贡 40 km
Jurassic dinosaurs, ancient brine wells and the lanterns that made the city famous
Also within 20 km: Zhennan Pagoda 镇南塔 (under 10 km), Former Rong County Military Government 荣县军政府旧址 (under 10 km), Former Residence of Wu Yuzhang 吴玉章故居 (10 km).
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