Within the site area, there is a giant sleeping Buddha consisting of Mt. Wuyou, Mt. Lingyun and Mt. Guicheng, which looks exactly like a Buddha image sleeping on the three river.
A sleeping buddha in Leshan which is 10 times bigger than the real Leshan sitting buddha?
Actually, the sleeping buddha is not a artificial buddha, it consists by 3 hills. The Wuyou hill makes the head of the buddha, and the trees and pavilion on the Wuyou hill become nose and lips of the buddha. Lingyun Hill is where the real Leshan Buddha locates, and it also become the body of sleeping buddha. The two peaks of the hill look like the breast of the buddha. And the third hill, Lingbao Hill is the legs of the buddha. To get a best picture of the sleeping buddha, is to standing on the other side of the river where is the Leshan downtown. Look south, you will the the sleeping buddha lying right beside the river and holding the sitting buddha in arm.