Fo Guang Big Buddha

The Fo Guang Big Buddha has a height of 48 meters. It is the world's largest copper-cast standing Buddha image and is a major landmark in Asia.

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Answer explanation

It is the world's largest copper-cast SEATED Buddha image!

Constructing the Fo Guang Big Buddha is one of the most complicated projects at the Buddha Museum. It is cast using a total of 1,780 tonnes of copper and steel, and took one and a half years to finish. Together with the foundation, it stands at a height of 108 meters, equivalent to a 36-story building.

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The features of the Fo Guang Big Buddha include: the entire sculpture is perfectly stitched up, the image has a smooth texture and shines like lapis lazuli, it is designed and cast locally using advanced techniques, and it can overcome lightning, storms, and fire.

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The Fo Guang Big Buddha is sculpted based on Tang-dynasty Buddha images, and presents a friendly appearance as if the Buddha is delivering a Dharma teaching. Venerable Master Hsing Yun proposed that the Big Buddha should be smiling, so that when people look upon it, their frustrations are temporarily left behind.

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Venerable Master Hsing Yun instructed the Fo Guang Big Buddha to have a 40-year-old appearance, because he thinks that people are most mature at around 40 years old, and thus a 40-year-old Buddha image can bring hope to people.

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Venerable Master Hsing Yun hopes that through the Fo Guang Big Buddha, people will get to recognize their own innate Buddha nature.

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