Mengshan Giant Buddha

{{Short description|Buddha statue in Taiyuan, Shanxi, China}}

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| title = Mengshan Giant Buddha
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| image = Mengshan Giant Buddha, Taiyuan.jpg

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| height_metric = 63

| metric_unit = m

| imperial_unit = ft

| city = Jinyuan District, Taiyuan, Shanxi

| coordinates = {{coord|37.7801|N|112.4467|E|type:landmark_region:CN-14_source:Gaode|format=dms|display=it}}

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The Mengshan Giant Buddha ({{zh|c=蒙山大佛 |p=Méngshān Dàfó}}) is a stone statue located in the city of Taiyuan, Shanxi and was built during the Northern Qi dynasty.{{cite web|url=http://en.people.cn/90782/7853271.html|title=Mengshan Mountain Giant Buddha - the second largest in the world|date=21 June 2012|publisher=People's Daily}} Initially discovered in a 1980 census, the statue was found to have its head missing.{{cite web|url=http://www.sxrb.com/sjdsb/bban/B3/426965.html |script-title=zh:寻佛记之二·寻佛者|date=15 December 2007|language=zh}} From 2006 to 2008, people constructed a 12-meter tall head for the statue.{{cite web|url=http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2007-01-08/232611982390.shtml |script-title=zh:太原蒙山大佛维修复原工程威胁文物被叫停|publisher=Sina Corp|date=8 January 2007|language=zh}}{{cite web|url=http://fo.ifeng.com/news/200801/0128_14_48491.shtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229154933/http://fo.ifeng.com/news/200801/0128_14_48491.shtml |script-title=zh:佛头安放完毕 山西太原蒙山大佛亮相|date=28 January 2008|archivedate=29 December 2014|publisher=Phoenix Television|language=zh}} The site opened to the public in October 2008.{{cite web|url=http://news.qq.com/a/20081008/002356.htm |script-title=zh:蒙山大佛向世人展露真容|date=8 October 2008|publisher=Tencent|language=zh}}