四川旅游景点介绍之乐山大佛.ppt

四川旅游景点介绍之乐山大佛

Theconfluence(汇合处）ofthreerivers

Lookingsolemn（庄严的）andstately,theBuddhais71metershigh.Hisshouldersare28meterswide,head14.7meterslongand10metersbroad,withatotalof1,021chignons（假髻）ofhairclustered（聚合）onit.Eachchignonisasbigasaroundtable.Itsdrooping（下垂的）earis6.2meterslongandeacheyeis3.3meterswide.Itsmiddlefingeris8.3meterslong,andeachofitsbarefeet（光脚）is11meterslongand8.5meterswide,largeenoughformorethan100peopletositon.

ThefounderoftheGiantBuddhaItwastheideaofaChinesemonknamedHaitong,whohopedthattheBuddhawouldcalmtheturbulent（狂暴的）watersthatplagued（困扰）theshippingvesselstravelingdowntheriver.Whenfundingfortheprojectwasthreatened,heissaidtohavegougedout（挖出）hisowneyestoshowhispiety（虔诚）andsincerity.Themassiveconstructionprojectwasfinallycompletedbyhisdisciples（门徒）90yearslater.

Thecharm（魅力）oftheBuddhaliesnotonlyinitssizebutalsoinitsarchitecturalartistry.Thereare1,021bunsintheBuddha‘scoiled（盘绕的）hair.Thesehavebeenskillfullyembeddedinthehead.Theskillissowonderfulthatthe1,021bunsseemintegral（完整的）tothewhole.Anotherarchitecturalhighlight（最精彩的）isthedrainagesystem（排水系统）.Thissystemismadeupofsomehiddengutters（水沟）andchannels,scattered（分散的）ontheheadandarms,behindtheearsandintheclothes.Thissystem,whichhelpsdisplace（转移）rainwaterandkeeptheinner（内部）partdry,playsanimportantpartintheprotectionoftheBuddha.Thelargepairofears,eachsevenmeters(about23feet)long,ismadeofwoodandisdecorated（装饰）bymud（泥土）onthesurface.Forcraftsmen（工艺人）ofthousandsofyearsago,itwasnoteasytofixthesetothestonehead.

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