#66 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Dafo, the Great Buddha)
January 11th 2007 Located on a sprawling UNESCO World Heritage Site in Sichuan Province of China, this impressive 230 foot high Dafo, or Great Buddha, has been carved into the red sandstone hill called Lingyun Hill, where 3 treacherous rivers confluence, the Min, the Dadu, and the Qingyi Rivers in the city of Le Shan, some 3 hrs from Chengdu's Panda Bears.
To safeguard the passing boats, the monk Haitong in 713
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