BIG BUDDHA - HONG KONG
The Tian Tan Buddha ( the Giant Buddha) is seated on the hilltop up a flight
of 268 steps at Po Lin monestary on Lantau Island.
The Buddha which built by the Chinese Space Agency and opened officially in 1989,
is surrounded by a ring of Bodhisatvas offering various gifts to the Buddha.
This is the world's largest outdoor, seated, bronze Buddha statue (26m high and weighing 202 tons).
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