CHINA - GUIZHOU - LARGEST MAITREYA BUDDHA STATUE ( CN ) ( 110907 ) -- TONGREN , Sept . 7 , 2011 ( Xinhua ) -- A monk consecrates the newly erected statue of Maitreya Buddha in the Longquan Temple in Jiangkou County , Tongren Prefecture , southwest China ' s Guizhou Province , Sept . 6 , 2011 . The copper - made Maitreya Buddha statue , with a height of 31 . 99 meters and weighing 660 metric tons , is the largest of this kind in the open air in Guizhou Province . ( Xinhua / Ou Dongqu ) ( lfj ) / 2011 - 09 - 07 11 : 57 : 24 / < 저작권자 ⓒ 1980 - 2011 ㈜ 연합뉴스 . 무단 전재 재 배포 금지 . >< 연합뉴스 모바일 앱 다운 받 기 > < 포토 매거진 >< 저작권자 ( c ) 연합뉴스 . 무단 전재 - 재배 포금 지 . >