In fact, what I'm talking about is that the water level in Leshan, Sichuan has dropped so much that the true body of Leshan Giant Buddha has been exposed.
Everyone likes traveling. China is a vast country with a population of 9.6 million. There are very beautiful scenic spots all over the country, and Sichuan is a major tourist province in China. Every year, a large number of tourists come to visit, but this time there was a severe high temperature weather in Sichuan. To some extent, it has affected the number of tourists and local tourism.
"Washing feet" has become "barefoot"! The water level at the confluence of the three rivers of Leshan Giant Buddha drops10.53m!
Of course, there are many scenic spots in Sichuan, among which Leshan Giant Buddha in Sichuan is the most famous. However, many netizens found that the real body of Leshan Giant Buddha in Sichuan has been exposed outside the surface. After all, at the same time in the past, the water level of Leshan Giant Buddha in Sichuan could drown the legs of the statue. However, due to this drought in Sichuan, the river has dropped by as much as ten meters. So the toes of Leshan Giant Buddha in Sichuan have all been exposed. So it will be dubbed barefoot by netizens.
Drought caused by high temperature.
In fact, the Leshan Giant Buddha in Sichuan is just an example, which shows that the local high temperature weather is very serious. Long-term high temperature has seriously affected the residents' water and electricity consumption, coupled with high temperature weather, which directly led to a sharp drop in river water level. As a major hydropower province, Sichuan can generate a large amount of electricity every year. However, the influence of high temperature weather directly led to a sharp drop in hydropower generation in Sichuan.
The local government has taken relevant measures.
Facing the problem of power shortage, the local government has taken relevant emergency measures. All provinces and cities in Sichuan have implemented the policy of limiting electricity, requiring relevant local shopping malls, enterprises and office buildings to implement electricity-saving strategies. Factories must stop production and implement the basic strategy of providing people with electricity. Priority must be given to ensuring residents' daily electricity consumption so as not to cause social chaos.
What happened to Leshan Giant Buddha, which made its toes show again?
Leshan Giant Buddha is located in Leshan City, Sichuan Province, near the intersection of Dadu River, Qingyi River and Minjiang River. The water at the junction of the three rivers is very steep, especially in summer floods, and passing ships are often greatly threatened. In order to reduce the water potential, Master Haitong raised manpower and material resources to build a giant Buddha, which lasted for more than 90 years. The head of the giant Buddha is as high as a mountain, and his feet are on the river. As the saying goes, "the mountain is a Buddha, and the Buddha is a mountain", and the mountain and the Buddha are integrated. Sorry, I'm the largest stone statue in the world, and I'm listed as a century heritage by UNESCO. According to the measurement, the instep width of the Doctor Buddha is 8.5 meters, and the instep can seat 100 people. So what happened when the toe of Leshan Giant Buddha was exposed?
I have to say that our country suffered a serious flood this year. Recently, a super-police flood occurred in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and heavy rain fell for several days in Sichuan Province. This is the first time in history to start the first-level response, and Leshan City is doomed. When I was a child, I heard the old man say that if we washed our feet, the whole Leshan city would be flooded. This is the first time that Leshan Giant Buddha has been flooded since 1949. This shows the seriousness of the flood.
Fortunately, on the morning of August 19, the water level had retreated below the toe of Leshan, and the toe of Leshan Giant Buddha was exposed again. Subsequently, the staff of the Giant Buddha completed the work of dredging, disinfection, geological disasters and other safety hazards investigation, and the scenic spot resumed normal business.
When the toe of Leshan Giant Buddha was in danger, people in Leshan Scenic Area also played a great role in protecting this cultural relic. More than 30 people, such as scenic spot staff and police, braved the heavy rain and piled sandbags at the foot of Leshan Giant Buddha to build protective dikes.
2020 is a year of disasters. From the epidemic in novel coronavirus to the catastrophic floods in the Yangtze River and Yellow River basins, the outside world has never stopped testing us, but with everyone's efforts, a single spark can converge into brilliance.
The toes of Leshan Giant Buddha are exposed again. When was the last exposure?
On August 18, the river at the foot of the giant Buddha in Leshan, Sichuan surged, and it flooded the toes for the first time since June 1949. At 9: 00 am on August 19, the cover journalist saw at the scene that the river had retreated from the foot of the Buddha and had retreated to the platform of the foot of the Buddha about 2 meters below.
/kloc-in August of 0/9, the giant Buddha re-exposed his toes.
From the night of August 17 to the morning of August 18, Leshan, Sichuan Province was hit by continuous heavy rain, and heavy rainfall occurred simultaneously in Chengdu, Meishan and Ya 'an in the upper reaches of the three rivers (Minjiang River, Dadu River and Qingyijiang River), forming a particularly large flood peak in the downtown area of Leshan. On the morning of August 8th 1 1, the reporter learned from the Giant Buddha Management Committee that the toe of Leshan Giant Buddha has been flooded, which is the first time that Leshan Giant Buddha has been flooded to the toe since the founding of New China.
From noon 18 to noon 12, the rainstorm in Leshan gradually stopped, the water level in Sanjiang gradually decreased, and the urban area of Leshan gradually returned to normal.
19 at 8 o'clock in the morning, according to the news released by Leshan traffic police, at present, the road water in Leshan central city has basically subsided, and other main roads have resumed traffic except the tunnel under the Second Minjiang River Bridge and the Raffles Tunnel.
After the first, second and third bridges of Minjiang River are reopened to traffic, there is a lot of silt in some sections, and sanitation workers are cleaning it up, which has a certain impact on vehicle traffic.
The toes of Leshan Giant Buddha are exposed. Does this mean that the flood has subsided?
Yes, the drop in water level means that the flood has receded.
Leshan Giant Buddha, also known as Lingyun Giant Buddha, is located near the intersection of Dadu River, Qingyi River and Minjiang River on the east bank of Minnan, Leshan, Sichuan. The giant Buddha is a seated statue of Maitreya, with a height of 7 1 m, which is the largest cliff stone statue in China. The giant Buddha was excavated in the first year of Kaiyuan in the Tang Dynasty (7 13) and completed in the 19th year of Zhenyuan (803), which lasted about 90 years.
Recently, affected by continuous rainfall, Sichuan started the Class I flood control emergency response for the first time in history, resulting in a once-in-a-century flood, and the surrounding area of Leshan Giant Buddha was also hit by continuous heavy rain. As a result, the river at the foot of Leshan Giant Buddha in Sichuan soared. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Leshan Giant Buddha was flooded for the first time, and its feet were flooded. The next day, the flood receded from the foot of Leshan Giant Buddha and retreated to the platform about 2 meters below the foot of Leshan Giant Buddha.
Many people find that the feet of Leshan Giant Buddha are obviously two different colors from the body due to the flood, and the feet are obviously clean without moss and weeds. Leshan Giant Buddha seems to have soaked his feet clean, which is in sharp contrast with the head of Leshan Giant Buddha.
As soon as the flood receded, the local administrative department immediately carried out safety inspection on cultural relics, walkways, facilities and equipment at all levels. At present, it is reported that the remains of Leshan Giant Buddha, a world heritage, are generally safe. Due to the flood, the additional layer of the ash hammer of 200 1 Fojiaoxiu has fallen off in a small area, and there are a few falling rocks on the Jiuqu plank road. In the next step, the management committee of the Giant Buddha will invite cultural relics protection experts to further investigate and evaluate the safety of Leshan Giant Buddha and Jiuqu plank road, and work out a storey-adding restoration plan for the foot of the Giant Buddha.
At present, the Giant Buddha Management Committee is working hard to dredge and repair facilities and equipment, and it is expected to reopen to tourists this week. After the experts of cultural relics protection have completed the safety investigation and evaluation of Leshan Giant Buddha and Jiuqu plank road, the tour route at the foot of the Giant Buddha will be reopened.