The Big Buddha (Hong Kong)

The Big Buddha
天壇大佛
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22°15′15″N 113°54′19″E / 22.254106°N 113.905144°E / 22.254106; 113.905144
LocationHong Kong
MaterialBronze
Height34 m (112 ft)
Completion date (1993-12-29) 29 December 1993 (age 30)
The Big Buddha
Traditional Chinese天壇大佛
Simplified Chinese天坛大佛
View from the upper platform, with the detail of the Buddha's robes clearly visible.
A view of Big Buddha from Ngong Ping Village.

The Big Buddha is a large bronze statue of Buddha, completed in 1993, and located at Ngong Ping, Lantau Island, in Hong Kong. The statue, located near the Po Lin Monastery which built it, is a tourist attraction.[1]

  1. ^ DeWolf, Christopher "9 Hong Kong tourist traps – for better or worse" Archived 1 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine CNN Go. 27 October 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2012

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