Songnisan National Park, North Chungcheong Province
Cheongdongmireukbul, the 33 metre high gold plated Maitreya Buddha statue at Beopju-sa temple, Songnisan National Park. The tallest Buddha statue in the world, it was built in April 1990 using 160 tons of bronze and, in 2002, plated with 80 kilograms of pure gold.
Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Thu Jun 05, 2014