Kachu - Kachu

…It became Leshan County during the Qing Dynasty. Located at a key transportation point between Chengdu and Chongqing, it prospered as a distribution center for white wax and silk textiles, and after liberation, chemical and steel factories were built there. The 71m-tall Maitreya Buddha carved on Mount Lingyun on the banks of the Minjiang River during the Tang Dynasty is famous as the Leshan Giant Buddha (also called the Lingyun Giant Buddha). …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…清代に楽山県となった。成都，重慶間の交通の要所にあり，白蠟（はくろう）や絹織物〈嘉綢（かちゆう）〉などの集散地として繁栄，解放後は化学･製鉄工場も建設されている。唐代に岷江河畔の凌雲山に彫られた高さ71mの弥勒仏は楽山大仏(凌雲大仏ともいう)として有名。…

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