Do You Know That? The Highest Statue Of The World I.
The little unusual topic, but it certainly belongs to our series. From our regions we are used mainly on statues of famous natives, national revivalists and writers to its height or size in any way glare. The highest statues in the world squeezed really only the most esteemed of the most and those are mostly just characters, symbolizing the world's leading religion. In terms of faith, almost all the other saints overshadowed sure Siddhartha Gautama - also known as Buddha, though not always precisely Siddharta the right Buddha, as we study later. The honour to bearers of the faith symbolizes more than eloquently the top three statues of the world. The third and from our trio smallest one is located in the Japanese Ushiku Daibutsu, which was completed in 1995. 120 m high statue is covered with plates of bronze, in its belly is a lift that transports visitors to the point of view, located at a height of 85 meters. Although the statue symbolizes the Buddha, which in this case Amitabha – the important personality of Mahayana Buddhism, typical of the East Asian School of the Pure Land.
The second highest statue is the Burmese Buddha, located in Laykyun Setkyar. Reinforced concrete giant was completed in 2008 with a total height of 130 meters. A few dozen yards ahead of him is similar monumental statue of the same saint, which is not on our list because it is an unusual statue of lying Buddha.
The most stately sculpture found anywhere else than in China. It is located in the most populous province of the People's Republic - Henan and rises to a height of 153 meters. Copper statue has a height of 128 meters. Only her throne is 22 meters. Same as the other statues was completed relatively recently, and only in 2002. And because we are in China, it is not surprising that the statue is still growing. New and new sculpture pedestals have the highest earn up to a height in excess of almost 210 meters ...
In comparison with these giants is the recently erected statue of Jesus Christ in the Polish town Świebodzin, with its 36 meters, a true dwarf. Comparison is not so personal and it should be noted that despite the good efforts and respect for builders and believers, it is really just the amount of tons of concrete and metals, which have the same meaning as the result of far more modest attributes of faith, or mere good idea ...
Text: Jan Chaloupka
Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Colegota , Zgpdszz , Mohylek , Aerogoat
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