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Chengdu trip Dec 2009 - 9/12/09(Wednesday)

Today's trip cover Leshan Giant Buddha AND Qian Fou Yuan.
First we sat off to Qian fou yuan to see the stone scupltures of buddha. Some of scraving have been damaged during the cultural revolution. However, the buddha statue remained untouched.

What was most memorable were the ''toilet'' along the way. Since it is located in a rural area and there were no other toilets available, we had no choice but to use them. The ''toilets'' had no door and we used umbrella to shelter ourselves. We helped each other to hold the umbrella while we do our ''big or small biz''. There were digusting stuffs inside and i shall not mention. Some of the puked after that.
Well, china culture.... i even saw people doing biz without closing doors!

After the short trip, wr proceeded to watch the Leshan Giant Buddha. There are 2 options to go to the place- by ferry/ walking. We boarded the Ferry which carries 100 people across the beautiful lake to see the Leshan giant Buddha- Journey took abt 40 mins. Since we took a ferry, we had to take safety precaution- wearing life vest.
Leshan Giant Buddha, 71m high, is ''scupltured'' inside a mountain and it was well- protected even after the Sichuan earthquake that took place in May 2008. I think the Buddha ''Xian ling''.