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Grand Buddha at Ling Shan 灵山大佛Língshān Dàfó
5A scenic area · Wuxi, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Wuxi
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 5A scenic area
About Grand Buddha at Ling Shan
A Buddhist complex on the north shore of Lake Tai, centred on an 88 m bronze standing Buddha, including its lotus base, consecrated in 1997 and assembled from about 2,000 cast panels weighing 725 tonnes in all. An axis leads from the gate past the Nine Dragons Bathing the Buddha, a timed fountain show in which a 7.2 m gilded statue of the infant Buddha rises from an opening lotus, to the Grand Buddha. Beside it the Lingshan Brahma Palace, opened in 2009 with richly carved halls and a domed hall, is the permanent venue of the World Buddhist Forum.
How to get to Grand Buddha at Ling Shan
At Mashan on the shore of Lake Tai, about 30 km south-west of central Wuxi, roughly 45 minutes to an hour by taxi or bus.
Nearby
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 苏州园林 50 km
Whole landscapes of rock, water and pavilion folded into a city block
Also within 20 km: China Filial Piety Park 中华孝道园 (under 10 km), World Joyland 环球动漫嬉戏谷 (under 10 km), Helü City Ruins and Museum 阖闾城遗址博物馆 (under 10 km), CCTV Wuxi Film and TV Base (Three Kingdoms & Water Margin Cities) 无锡影视基地 (10 km), Yuantouzhu 鼋头渚 (20 km), Wuxi Plum Garden 梅园 (20 km).
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