China evacuates 100,000 as floods threaten Leshan Giant Buddha Heritage Site

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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Floods on the upper reaches of China’s Yangtze river forced authorities to evacuate more than 100,000 people on Tuesday and threatened a 1,200-year-old world heritage site.

Staff, police and volunteers used sandbags to try to protect the 71-metre (233-foot) Leshan Giant Buddha, a UNESCO World Heritage site in southwestern Sichuan province, as muddy flood water rose over its toes for the first time since 1949, state broadcaster CCTV reported.

Authorities have been at pains to show that the cascade of giant dams and reservoirs built along the Yangtze’s upper reaches have shielded the region from the worst of the floods this year, though critics say they might be making things worse.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...s-floods-threaten-heritage-site-idUSKCN25F0CB

 

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Hope the drainage protection can limit the impact

The Leshan Giant Buddha has a special drainage system so that it can be well-preserved. Several drainage passages are hidden in the Buddha's hair, collar, chest, and holes in the back of his ears and chest, preventing the statue from serious erosion and weathering.

 

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The world’s 10 most awesome giant Buddhas
https://www.wanderlust.co.uk/content/10-most-awesome-giant-buddhas/


The Great Buddhas of Monywa, Myanmar

Buddha Dordenma Statue, Thimphu, Bhutan

 

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Giant Buddha, Leshan, China

Fo Guang Shan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

 

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Ling Shan Great Buddha, Mashan, China

The Daibutsu of Kamakura, Japan

 

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Gal Gal Viharaya, Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka

Laughing Buddha, Vinh Trang Pagoda, Vietnam

 

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Reclining Buddha, Wat Pho, Bangkok, Thailand

Bongeunsa temple, Seoul, South Korea

 

[Zumba2]

Nothing can destroy anything as much as the vandal mooselims.

 

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Nothing can destroy anything as much as the vandal mooselims.

Yes unfortunately.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhas_of_Bamyan

But I believe that doing so, does not rock or destroy the faith of the followers.

 

[blackmondy]

This site was a backdrop in the Wind Riders (风云) comics from famous HK comic artist Ma Wing Shing (马荣成).
The Kirin (麒麟) creature is supposed to be there somewhere in a cave....

https://www.2nunu.com/look-風雲全集-7212-88685-2.html

 

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Nothing can destroy anything as much as the vandal mooselims.

Earthquake destroys more.