What is the hole in the chest of Leshan Giant Buddha for?

The hole in the chest of Leshan Giant Buddha is used for drainage to prevent the giant Buddha from being eroded and weathered.

Leshan Giant Buddha has a set of cleverly designed and concealed drainage system, which plays an important role in protecting the giant Buddha. In the bun of *** 18 on the head of the giant Buddha, there is a horizontal drainage ditch on the 4th, 9th and 18 floors respectively, and there is a ditch on the right chest to the left to connect with the ditch on the back of the right arm.

Behind the ear, near the cliff, there are caves connected left and right; There is a hole at each end of the chest and back, but they don't drill through each other. These ditches and caves form a scientific drainage, moisture-proof and ventilation system to prevent the erosive weathering of the giant Buddha.

Extended data

The head of Leshan Giant Buddha is flush with the mountain, stepping on the river, touching his knees with his hands, and the Buddha's posture is symmetrical and solemn, sitting on the river near the mountain. The giant Buddha is 7 1m high, 14.7m high, 10m wide,102/bun, 7m long ears, 5.6m long nose, 5.6m long eyebrows, 3.3m long mouth and eyes, 3m high neck and 23m wide shoulders.

On the cliffs along the river on the left and right sides of the giant Buddha, there are two stone carvings of the protector king, which are as high as 16 meters, and together with the giant Buddha, they form the pattern of one Buddha and two kings. There are also hundreds of Buddhist niches and thousands of stone statues of heavenly kings, which are now gathered into a huge Buddhist stone carving art group. On the left side of the giant Buddha, along the "cave sky" is the starting point of Lingyun plank road excavated in modern times, with a total length of nearly 500 meters.

On the right is the Jiuqu plank road, the building and sacrificial passage left by the excavation of the Great Buddha in the Tang Dynasty. After the Buddha statue is carved, there are seven pavilions (nine or thirteen floors), called "Giant Buddha Pavilion" and "Elephant Pavilion". The Buddha Pavilion was built and destroyed repeatedly, and the "Lingyun Pavilion" and "Tianning Pavilion" were rebuilt in the Song Dynasty. Humboldt Pavilion was built in Yuan Dynasty; The "Buddha shed" was built in the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, and the "Buddha pavilion" was built in the Qing Dynasty and was finally destroyed.

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