Spring Temple Buddha 2016-10-05

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^The [Spring Temple Buddha] makes one unhappy citizen $LINK<content=GCON_Moods> in all of your cities, and an additional one unhappy citizen content in the city its in.
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^The Spring Temple Buddha is a statue depicting Vairocana Buddha located in the Zhaocun township of Lushan County, Henan, China. It is placed within the Fodushan Scenic Area, close to National Freeway no. 311. The statue was completed in 2002. At 128 m, which includes a 20 m lotus throne, it is the tallest statue in the world. When the 25 m pedestal/building it is placed upon is taken into account, the monument has a total height of 153 m. In 2009, the hill on which the statue stands was reshaped to form two further pedestals, the upper one being 15 m tall, making the total height of the monument is now 208 m.
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^The Chinse government decided to build the statue after two events; first construction had begun on the Maitreya Project by Indian and British planners in Bihar, Northern India, which set out to be the world's largest statue itself. Secondly, plans of the construction of the Spring Temple Buddha were announced soon after the blowing up of the Bamiyan Buddhas by the Taliban in Afghanistan. China has condemned the systematic destruction of the Buddhist heritage of Afghanistan.
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^The project as a whole was estimated to cost around $55m, $18m of which being spent on the statue. It was originally estimated to consist of 1,100 pieces of copper cast, with a total weight of 1,000 tonnes.
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^The Spring Temple Buddha derives its name from the nearby Tianrui hot spring, which spews water at 60 °C and is renowned in the area for its curative properties.