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Todaiji Temple
Built By: Priest Roben
Date Of Completion: 752
The hall in Todaiji Temple
is best known for the Daibutsu (Great Buddha) that is houses. The hall
that is home to the Dibutsu is the largest wooden structure in the world.
The Great Buddha itself is
one of the largest and hundreds of tons of materials were used in its
collosal construction.
Materials:
Copper: 449 tons
Tin: 8.5 tons
Mercury: 2.5 tons
Gold: 440 kilograms |
Measurements:
Eyebrow: 1.4 meters
Eye: 1 meter
Nose: 1.1 meters
Ear: 2.7 meters
Palm of the hand: 3 meter
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