3481 x 5200 px | 29,5 x 44 cm | 11,6 x 17,3 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
Juni 2007
Ort:
Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region. The people’s Republic of China
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The Neitang Buddha, named after Mt. Nietang lies on the road between Lhasa and the airport, about 40km from the city centre. It is also known as the Great Bodhisattva and the largest stone statue engraved on a cliff in Tibet, carved at the northern foot of the mountain. The statue is a representation of Sakyamuni sitting beneath a bodhi tree. It is about eight metres wide and 9.8 metres high. Its vivid orange colour can be viewed several kilometres away. The Nietang Tara temple lies close to the Buddha with a history dating back to the 11th century. The story goes that when Phakpa, the prime minister of Kubla Khan was returning to Beijing from the Sakya monastery back in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) he passed this spot. Folklore tells how the statue of Sakyamuni he was carrying with him told him it would go no further, so the decision was made to build a temple on the spot. This is how the giant Buddha is supposed to have appeared.
