99-meter-tall Open-air Bronze Statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

99-meter-tall Open-air Bronze Statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

The 99-meter-tall open-air bronze statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in Jiuhua Mountain Scenic Area in Chizhou City, Anhui Province, China on July 14, 2025.

99-meter-tall Open-air Bronze Statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

99-meter-tall Open-air Bronze Statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

The 99-meter-tall open-air bronze statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in Jiuhua Mountain Scenic Area in Chizhou City, Anhui Province, China on July 14, 2025.

99-meter-tall Open-air Bronze Statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

99-meter-tall Open-air Bronze Statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

The 99-meter-tall open-air bronze statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in Jiuhua Mountain Scenic Area in Chizhou City, Anhui Province, China on July 14, 2025.

99-meter-tall Open-air Bronze Statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

99-meter-tall Open-air Bronze Statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

The 99-meter-tall open-air bronze statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in Jiuhua Mountain Scenic Area in Chizhou City, Anhui Province, China on July 14, 2025.

99-meter-tall Open-air Bronze Statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

99-meter-tall Open-air Bronze Statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

The 99-meter-tall open-air bronze statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in Jiuhua Mountain Scenic Area in Chizhou City, Anhui Province, China on July 14, 2025.

99-meter-tall Open-air Bronze Statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

99-meter-tall Open-air Bronze Statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

The 99-meter-tall open-air bronze statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in Jiuhua Mountain Scenic Area in Chizhou City, Anhui Province, China on July 14, 2025.

99-meter-tall Open-air Bronze Statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

99-meter-tall Open-air Bronze Statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

The 99-meter-tall open-air bronze statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in Jiuhua Mountain Scenic Area in Chizhou City, Anhui Province, China on July 14, 2025.

99-meter-tall Open-air Bronze Statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

99-meter-tall Open-air Bronze Statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

The 99-meter-tall open-air bronze statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in Jiuhua Mountain Scenic Area in Chizhou City, Anhui Province, China on July 14, 2025.

99-meter-tall Open-air Bronze Statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

99-meter-tall Open-air Bronze Statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

The 99-meter-tall open-air bronze statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in Jiuhua Mountain Scenic Area in Chizhou City, Anhui Province, China on July 14, 2025.

99-meter-tall Open-air Bronze Statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

99-meter-tall Open-air Bronze Statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

The 99-meter-tall open-air bronze statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in Jiuhua Mountain Scenic Area in Chizhou City, Anhui Province, China on July 14, 2025.

99-meter-tall Open-air Bronze Statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

99-meter-tall Open-air Bronze Statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

The 99-meter-tall open-air bronze statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in Jiuhua Mountain Scenic Area in Chizhou City, Anhui Province, China on July 14, 2025.

99-meter-tall Open-air Bronze Statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

99-meter-tall Open-air Bronze Statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

The 99-meter-tall open-air bronze statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in Jiuhua Mountain Scenic Area in Chizhou City, Anhui Province, China on July 14, 2025.

Paper-made statue of Buddhist figure repaired at Japan temple

Paper-made statue of Buddhist figure repaired at Japan temple

NARA, Japan - A paper statue of the bodhisattva Ksitigarbha, believed to date from the 18th century, is shown after repair work to the press at the Gangoji Institute for Research of Cultural Property at Gango-ji temple in Nara, western Japan, on Aug. 19, 2014. Paper statues are said to have been affordable even to ordinary people.

4 years after drunk driving tragedy

4 years after drunk driving tragedy

FUKUOKA, Japan - Fukuoka municipal government employees pray in front of zizo statues at a temple in the city on Aug. 25, 2010. The statues are dedicated to three young children killed in a drunk driving accident involving a Fukuoka city government employee four years ago. Penalties against drunk driving were tightened after the incident. Zizo, from Ksitigarbha in Buddhism, is considered in Japan as the guardian of children.

4 years after drunk driving tragedy

4 years after drunk driving tragedy

FUKUOKA, Japan - Fukuoka municipal government employees pray in front of zizo statues at a temple in the city on Aug. 25, 2010. The statues are dedicated to three young children killed in a drunk driving accident involving a Fukuoka city government employee four years ago. Penalties against drunk driving were tightened after the incident. Zizo, from Ksitigarbha in Buddhism, is considered in Japan as the guardian of children. (Kyodo)