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No.198-2 Century City Boulevard, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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Male and female adolescent pandas playing
1800 year old ginko rising above Tian Shi Cave
the gang of four
Chengdu Railway Station
Chengdu taxi, at RMB6 per drive. For those of you who wants to apply Tibet Visa, this is the right place for you. See my Lhasa page for more details. Those who like JiuJaiGou, Pandas and Leshan Buddha can go to Chengdu's tourist information centre. I can remember the cost for 4 days trip to JiuJaiGou is around RMB1000.
The Leshan Giant Buddha is the the largest carved stone Buddha in the world and at the time it was built was also the tallest statue in the world. The statue was started in 713 and was carved out of the cliff face where the Minjiang, Dadu and Qingyi rivers meet near Leshan, Sichuan.
The statue was created in order to calm the treacherous river waters that destroyed many boats. It took 90 years to complete due to a lack of funding in the process. There was so much stone removed and dumped into the river that the desired result was achieved - the currents were altered in the shallower water.
The Leshan Giant Buddha is part of the Mount Emei Scenic Area which was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1996. Fortunately the statue was not damaged in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.
The Buddha may be viewed at close hand by walking down a narrow stairway built into the cliff face. The path passes many grottoes with smaller carvings in them on the way down. If you are not good at heights or crowds make your mind up quickly because once started on the stairs there is no turning back as a multitude of tourists pushes you along. The upward stairs are not as steep a climb as you might think.
The alternative viewpoint is from the river by cruise boat.
I liked the stairs!
I would like to share with you my trip to Chengdu in Nov 2002. This is a very historical and interesting city in Western China as well as a regional hub.
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