Showing posts with label Lingshan Buddha. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lingshan Buddha. Show all posts

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Coming out of China - part 3

We departed Sungchiang Jinjiang Inn after breakfast to head for Wuxi to visit Lingshan's park dedicated to Buddha which holds the tallest bronze statue of Buddha in China and in the world at a height of 88 meters.  I was totally enthralled in the beauty of the place and took many pictures.

We spent some 2 hours here and despite the heat of the day, we walked on and climbed to the Buddha's feet.  Looking down, we could see a straight line of structures going down the slope into flat land and the sea.

While this place is a tourist attraction like the temple in Shanghai, it is much more peaceful here as there are more green than people and the place is open.  Certainly China has done a lot to build lovely parks dedicated to various topic of interests.  It is a culturally rich country.

Coming down the hill, I passed by a flock of pure white pigeons feeding on seeds off hands of visitors.  They miggled with people so naturally.