The first Buddhist temple in China was built here in Sichuan Province in the 1st ... The most remarkable is the Giant Buddha of Leshan, carved out of a hillside in the 8th century and looking down on ...

The giant Buddha statue is carved into a cliff of sandy rocks at the Tianti Mountain, separated by a dam in the Huangyang River Reservoir in Wuwei, Gansu province. SHEN LONGQUAN/FOR CHINA DAILY ...

The body of the statue is missing its head, feet and right hand. APSARA National Authority For nearly a century, the head of a Buddha statue has been kept in the collections of the National ...

While excavating the Ta Prohm temple in Angkor in 1927, a team of archaeologists discovered the head (and only the head) of a Buddha statue ... and a left hand crossing the chest—“an uncommon ...

For nearly a century, the head of a Buddha statue has ... On its own, the headless statue measures nearly four feet tall with a shoulder width of almost two feet. It’s wearing jewelry, a robe and a ...