<P> The Leshan Giant Buddha ( simplified Chinese : 乐山 大佛 ; traditional Chinese : 樂山 大佛 ; pinyin : Lèshān Dàfó ) is a 71 - metre ( 233 ft ) tall stone statue , built between 713 and 803 ( during the Tang Dynasty ) , depicting Maitreya . It is carved out of a cliff face of Cretaceous red bed sandstones that lies at the confluence of the Min River and Dadu River in the southern part of Sichuan province in China , near the city of Leshan . The stone sculpture faces Mount Emei , with the rivers flowing below its feet . It is the largest and tallest stone Buddha statue in the world and it is by far the tallest pre-modern statue in the world . </P>
<P> The Leshan Giant Buddha ( simplified Chinese : 乐山 大佛 ; traditional Chinese : 樂山 大佛 ; pinyin : Lèshān Dàfó ) is a 71 - metre ( 233 ft ) tall stone statue , built between 713 and 803 ( during the Tang Dynasty ) , depicting Maitreya . It is carved out of a cliff face of Cretaceous red bed sandstones that lies at the confluence of the Min River and Dadu River in the southern part of Sichuan province in China , near the city of Leshan . The stone sculpture faces Mount Emei , with the rivers flowing below its feet . It is the largest and tallest stone Buddha statue in the world and it is by far the tallest pre-modern statue in the world . </P>
where is the largest buddha statue in the world located
where is the largest buddha statue in the world located
at the confluence of the Min River and Dadu River in the southern part of Sichuan province in China , near the city of Leshan
at the confluence of the Min River and Dadu River in the southern part of Sichuan province in China , near the city of Leshan