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Ruiyan Mountain and Maitreya Statue 瑞岩山Ruìyán Shān
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Fuzhou, Fujian
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Fuzhou
- Region
- Fujian
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Ruiyan Mountain and Maitreya Statue
A hill at Haikou town east of Fuqing whose eastern foot holds a laughing, pot-bellied Maitreya Buddha about 9 m tall, carved into the rock between 1341 and 1368 and described as the largest Yuan-dynasty Maitreya in China. The pavilion that once sheltered it is long gone, leaving ten stone pillars and three steles, and a temple with a main hall and bell and drum towers stands on a hillside carved with some 170 inscriptions, among them some by the Ming general Qi Jiguang.
How to get to Ruiyan Mountain and Maitreya Statue
In Haikou town about 10 km east of Fuqing city, roughly an hour by road from Fuzhou.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Longjiang Bridge, Fuqing 龙江桥 (under 10 km), Shizhu Mountain 石竹山 (20 km).
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