Marred Guanyin statue has stood on cliff trail in Hualien for over 100 years TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The tourism authorities are hunting down vandals who intentionally damaged a century-old Buddha statue on an old trail in Taroko National Park (太魯閣國家公園) in eastern Taiwan. A tourist guide reported Monday (Aug. 24) that a Guanyin statue […]
Monthly Archives: August 2020
Flood waters reach the toes of China’s famous giant Buddha statue
(CNN)Floods in southern China have caused water from the Yangtze River to rise and reach the toes of a famous towering statue of the Buddha — reportedly for the first time in decades. Leshan’s Giant Buddha, a 233 foot (71 meters) sitting buddha carved out of a hillside around 1,200 years ago, is part of […]