This is a truly ridiculously large statue...

[Gravitycollapse]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Temple_Buddha

[Arcanetrance]

1. That's really cool

[Aristus]

2. I like it. As accustomed as we are to building on a grand scale,

I like seeing an engineering project that creates the same sense of awe in the viewer as visitors to the Colossus of Rhodes must have felt. And the Colossus was significantly smaller than the Spring Temple Buddha. We need to have our sense of proportion stretched every once in a while.

[HappyMe]

3. I like it.

[rrneck]

4. Scale comparison

[Jesus Malverde]

5. Wow..nt

[jakeXT]

6. Everything is bigger over there

http://www.gettyimages.com/editorial/china-pictures?page=2

[blogslut]

7. Cool

Thanks for the link. From there, I'm now exploring this link and the resulting sub-links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_statues_by_height

I love a good Wikipedia trap.