Guess wad's this?


Largest Buddha in the world!

This is 海通和尚 and the cave where he lived in. He was the one who initiated the project. His concern was for the safety of the people who earned their living around the confluence of the 3 rivers. Tempestuous waters resulted in numerous boat accidents and the people blamed it on the water spirit. So Hai Tong decided to carve a statue beside the river thinking that the Buddha would bring the water spirit under control. Besides, the fallen stones dropped during the carving would reduce the water force there.

After begging alms for 20 years, he finally accumulated enough money for the plan. When some local government officials had designs on this amount of money, Hai Tong said that they could get his eyeball but not the money raised for the Buddha. After Hai Tong dug out his eyeball, these officials ran away scared. The project was half done when Hai Tong passed away, and two of his disciples continued the work. After a total of 90 years of hard work, the project was finally completed.

Shit. This looks awesome. Should have went down to take a shot.