A visit to the Lingshan Buddha near Wuxi, Jiangsu

Photographer: Hans J. Schneider
From: #116 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China ( Wuxi and Yixing )

A visit to the Lingshan Buddha near Wuxi, Jiangsu

At a hight of 88 meters, the Lingshan Buddha is one of the 4 great Buddhas of China. Only completed in 1991 and made of copper, it can withstand a category 5 typhoon, and an earthquake of 8 on the Richter Scale.