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If you are looking for something new and exhilarating, yet utterly peaceful and serene, you should be packing your backpacks to visit Spring Temple Buddha in China. As exciting as the name is, the Spring Temple Buddha is located in the Zhaocun township of China. As a traveler, you might as well find this to be one of the best reasons to visit China.
The Spring Temple Buddha is a colossal statue depicting Vairocana Buddha located in the Zhaocun township of Lushan County, Henan, China, built from 1997 to 2008. It is located within the Fodushan Scenic Area, close to National Freeway no. 311. At 128 metres (420 ft), including a 25 metres (82 ft) lotus throne, it is the second-tallest statue in the world as of 2018 (after the Statue of Unity in Gujarat, India with a height of 182 metres (597 ft)).
Spring Temple Buddha in China features a famous statue that depicts the Vairocana Buddha. It was built in between the period of 1997 and 2008 in the township of Zhaocun county, Henan. At this site, stands a massive Buddha statue atop of a sixty six feet tall lotus-shaped pedestal that also houses a monastery. The Spring Temple Buddha height measures a massive five hundred plus feet and holds the title of being the third tallest statue in the world. The other large structures of Buddha are Luykyun Sekka located in Myanmar and Ushiku Daibutsu Buddha in Japan.
Despite its towering height, this poised copper Buddha is comparatively not as well known throughout the world. Below the carved out Buddha with a flower base, is two multi-storeyed seats called the splendid diamond seat and the Sumeru seat which also add up to the Spring Temple Buddha’s gigantic height.
Taking into account the 25 metres (82 ft) pedestal/building atop which it is placed, the monument has a total height of 153 metres (502 ft). As of October 2008, the hill on which the statue stands is being reshaped to form two further pedestals, the upper one being 15 m tall. The total height of the monument is now said to be 208 m (682 ft).
The project as a whole was estimated to cost around $55 million, $18 million of which was to be spent on the statue. It was originally estimated to consist of 1,100 pieces of copper cast, with a total weight of 1,000 tonnes. Beneath the statue is a Buddhist monastery.
The Spring Temple Buddha derives its name from the nearby Tianrui hot spring, whose water, at 60 °C (140 °F), is renowned in the area for its curative properties. The Foquan Temple, built during the Tang dynasty, houses the Bell of Good Luck, placed on top of Dragon Head peak. This bronze bell weighs 116 tonnes.
