Buddha in Paronirvana

Photographer: Hans J. Schneider
From: #119 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Part 2,The Silk Road near DUNHUANG, Gansu)

Buddha in Paronirvana

This is just one of thousands of treasures within the desert mountain near Dunhuang. The Buddha is some 55 feet long, and has been at rest here for a thousand years.