The highest statue in the world
128-meter Chinese shrine - Spring Temple Buddha. are 365 steps, each corresponds to one day of the year to the monument.
The idea of erecting shrines came after Afghan Taliban blew up two huge Buddha statues. Then they decided to build in the province of Henan majestic statue, which would be fully passed on to the respect of the Chinese Buddhist heritage.
In the manufacture of the statue itself 33 tons of copper were used, 108 kg of gold and 15 thousand. Tonnes of special steel. She created from separate parts, which are then gathered into a whole, all of these pieces was about 1,100. The cost of the Spring Buddha is about $ 18 million, and the cost of the project -. $ 55 million.
Hello @alex1983ch
It gives us pleasure to inform you that you have been chosen as a featured author by the @robinhoodwhale initiative.
Learn more about the Robinhood Whale here!
If you wish to support this initiative, join the Robinhood Whale voting trail on Streemian. Every vote counts!
We hope to see you continuing to post some great stuff on Steemit!
Good luck!
~RHW~