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| Description | Ten Thousand-Happiness pavilion (Wanfuge in Chinese ) is also called the Tower of the Great Buddha. In the center of the building is a huge statue of Maitreya, Buddha of the future, carved out of a single trunk of white sandalwood with a total cost of 80,000 teals of silver (2,500 kilos of silver) an entry in the Guinness book of World Records. It is 26 meters high, 18 meters above the ground and 8 meters under the ground, and 8 meters in diameter. It was a gift for Emperor Qianlong from the Seventh Dalai Lama. |
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| Source | China-6794 |
| Author | Dennis Jarvis from Halifax, Canada |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by archer10 (Dennis) at https://www.flickr.com/photos/22490717@N02/2212724929. It was reviewed on 9 November 2012 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0. |
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