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Largest Buddhist sculpture receives facelift(1/3)

2019-01-18 15:28:39 Ecns.cn Editor :Li Yan

$Photo taken on Jan. 17, 2019 shows the Leshan Giant Buddha statue undergoing restoration work in Leshan City, Southwest China\'s Sichuan Province. The 71-meter-tall statue, carved in the 8th century on a hillside overlooking the confluence of three rivers, is the largest Buddhist sculpture in the world. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Zhongjun)$

Photo taken on Jan. 17, 2019 shows the Leshan Giant Buddha statue undergoing restoration work in Leshan City, Southwest China's Sichuan Province. The 71-meter-tall statue, carved in the 8th century on a hillside overlooking the confluence of three rivers, is the largest Buddhist sculpture in the world. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Zhongjun)

Photos taken on Jan. 17, 2019 (U) and Feb. 20, 2018 show the before and after of restoration work on the Leshan Giant Buddha statue. The 71-meter-tall statue, carved in the 8th century on a hillside overlooking the confluence of three rivers, is the largest Buddhist sculpture in the world. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Zhongjun)

$Photo taken on Jan. 17, 2019 shows the Leshan Giant Buddha statue undergoing restoration work in Leshan City, Southwest China\'s Sichuan Province. The 71-meter-tall statue, carved in the 8th century on a hillside overlooking the confluence of three rivers, is the largest Buddhist sculpture in the world. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Zhongjun)$

Photo taken on Jan. 17, 2019 shows the Leshan Giant Buddha statue undergoing restoration work in Leshan City, Southwest China's Sichuan Province. The 71-meter-tall statue, carved in the 8th century on a hillside overlooking the confluence of three rivers, is the largest Buddhist sculpture in the world. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Zhongjun)