MengshanBuddha

Visitor information

Also known as

蒙山大佛

Scenic area grade

4A

City

Taiyuan

Address

Si Di Village, Jinsheng Township, Jinyuan District, Taiyuan City 25

Opening hours

Year round 08:00-17:30 24 25

Ticket

70 yuan 2

Coordinates

37.7818582, 112.4381087

About MengshanBuddha

Mengshan Buddha, also known as "West Mountain Buddha". It is located in the northwest of Sidi Village, Jinyuan District, Taiyuan City. The exposed chest and neck part of the Mengshan Giant Buddha is 17.5 meters high, 25 meters wide, and the neck diameter is 5 meters wide. It was recorded in the Tang Dynasty that it was "two hundred feet high", which is about 63 meters today based on ordinary rulers in the Tang Dynasty. Covering an area of approximately 8 square kilometers. At present, there is a giant statue of Sakyamuni Buddha carved on a cliff with an exact date, the earliest date of excavation, and the largest size in the world. The Mengshan Giant Buddha was built during the Tianbao period of the Northern Qi Dynasty and has a history of about 1,500 years. It is the largest cliff Buddha and Buddhist pavilion in the Northern Dynasties in China.

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