Dating back to 551 during the Northern Qi dynasty (550–577), the Mengshan Giant Buddha in Taiyuan, north China’s Shanxi, stands 63 meters tall and is one of the world’s earliest and largest stone Buddha statues. Once damaged during wartime, the giant statue underwent restoration starting in 2007 and reopened to the public in 2008. | People's Daily, China

A wonder that stands the test of time: Believed to be the world's largest Buddha statue, the 71-meter-tall Giant Buddha of Leshan in SW China's Sichuan was carved into a rock on the mountain over a 90-year period during the Tang Dynasty (618–907). | VideoChina