The first Buddhist temple in China was built here ... The most remarkable is the Giant Buddha of Leshan, carved out of a hillside in the 8th century and looking down on the confluence of three rivers.

Visitors can climb the six floors within the statue's hollow interior and peer out the eyes of one of the world’s largest Buddha statues. From the hilltop located along the Bagua Mountain range ...

It’s genuinely gargantuan--one of the tallest Buddha statues in the world, seemingly soaring to the heavens with a height of 120 meters. The world’s largest bronze statue of Buddha is so huge ...