Leshan

This weekend I took a trip and I will try and write about it and tell you all everything that I remember but I am sure that will forget something but I will do my best. The first place we went was to Leshan it is a town that is located about 150 Kilometers from Chengdu. We got there about noon and we got a on a boat and we knew that we where going to see a big budda but we where not for sure where it was at. The river was really strong and we noticed it was fighting the current the whole way. There were some large rocks on either side of the river but we did not think that much of it. Then as oddly as it sounds out of nowhere carved out of the rock is the worlds largest sitting buddha. Just like mount rushmore only I think it was probably bigger. It is 234 feet tall they say that you can feet over 100 people on a single foot. It really was quite impressive. After we saw the worlds largest Buddha we went to the base of Emei shan which of the past 2000 years because has become holy ground for the buddhist religion because of the many temples and monastaries scattered throughout the mountain. At the base we went to a beautiful temple called Fuhu. It was another amazing site that I took pictures of but they will probably not be able to do it justice. One interesting place we went to was a hall that had over 500 statues of famous students of the buddha. They all look different have different shaped heads and colors and are doing different things. While you are there you are supposed to pick you favorite one and count to the right the number of your age. After you do this you can go find that student and buy a card that tells you about him and that is supposed to predict your luck for the next year. It was a pretty interestng place and I enjoyed it. weekend trip continued....