Reclining Buddha statues can be found in many temples, but they don’t exactly make for tall monuments, given the position of the Buddha.
Still, the Giant Buddha of Guifeng in China manages to break into the top 10, measuring 223 feet high and 1,365 feet long. To make it, sculptors used the natural shape of a hill, which looked like a reclining person, and carved details into it.
Despite its claim to fame, this impressive Buddha statue is fairly obscure. Few foreigners have seen it and few pictures of it exist, at least outside of China.
