The statue of the Great Buddha

The statue of the Great Buddha is located in the Todaiji Temple in Nara. The Great Buddha is one of the most famous sights of Japan.

The statue was carved in 749 by a Korean sculptor nicknamed Kimimaro. For the manufacture of the huge statue required 437 tons of bronze, 150 kg of gold, 7 tons of wax, and other materials. The height of the statue with a pedestal is 22 meters. The height of the seated Buddha figure is 16 meters. The face has a length of 5 meters, a width of 3 meters. A person can freely climb through the sockets - their length is 1 meter. The diameter of the lotus throne is more than 20 meters, the height of each petal is 3 meters. This ancient bronze statue weighs twice as much as the Statue of Liberty in New York City, produced eleven centuries later.

The huge statue inside is hollow. In its depths created a complex system of wooden structures that support the entire figure. Once a year, the Great Buddha is cleaned, while removing several buckets of dust from him.