Mengshan Mountain Buddha (蒙山大佛 - Méngshān dàfú)
The next day, after my arrival in Taiyuan, I planned to visit the suburbs. I chose a giant stone Buddha as the first place to visit. Everyone knows sitting Buddha of Leshan, carved in the red rock on the riverbank of Minjiang, recorded in UNESCO World Heritage Site. Moreover, almost no one has heard about the Buddha on the Mengshan mountain, which is 162 years older than its Sichuan brother and is much closer to Beijing.
(蒙山大佛景区游览图 - Méngshān dàfú jǐngqū yóulǎn tú)
Once again: electric car brings tourists to the area, which is drawn on the map in the bottom left corner. I'll move along the route counterclockwise. In the same manner are arranged photos on this page.
The Moon in these mountains appears earlier and leaves later than in other places.
Therefore it is considered that this is a great place to watch the sunset, watch the stars and see the sunrise. The modern young people simply jump on the rocks sticking out of the pond.
Then I did not yet know that these climbing stairs is nothing compared to what awaits me in the coming week.
Photo: chinanews.com
The Southern (left) one was renamed in the stupa of Buddha incarnation (化身佛舍利塔 - huàshēn fú shèlì tǎ).
The Northern (right) one in the stupa of Buddha who lightens (定光佛舍利塔 - dìngguāng fú shèlì tǎ).
