Photo taken on June 13 Authentic Edgar Martinez Jersey , 2015 shows the restored statue of "Qianshou Guanyin" in Dazu County, southwestern Chongqing Municipality. Chinese experts have completed restoration of a famous 800-year-old Buddha statue after seven years of work. Visitors now could see a new appearance of the "Qianshou Guanyin", a statue with 1,000 hands, in Dazu County. (XinhuaLiu Chan) A visitor takes photos of the restored statue of "Qianshou Guanyin" in Dazu District, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality Authentic Dee Gordon Jersey , June 13, 2015. Chinese experts have completed restoration of a famous 800-year-old Buddha statue after seven years of work. Visitors now could see a new appearance of the "Qianshou Guanyin", a statue with 1,000 hands, in Dazu County. (XinhuaLiu Chan) People visit the the restored statue of "Qianshou Guanyin" in Dazu County, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality Authentic Carlos Ruiz Jersey , June 13, 2015. Chinese experts have completed restoration of a famous 800-year-old Buddha statue after seven years of work. Visitors now could see a new appearance of the "Qianshou Guanyin", a statue with 1,000 hands, in Dazu County. (XinhuaLiu Chan) CHONGQING, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese experts have completed restoration of a famous 800-year-old Buddha statue after seven years of work.
Visitors now could see a new appearance of the "Qianshou Guanyin" Ryon Healy Jersey , a statue with 1,000 hands, in Dazu County, southwestern Chongqing Municipality.
The restoration program began in 2008 and cost about 60 million yuan (9.8 million U.S. dollars).
Workers restored 830 hands and 227 instruments, using one million gold foils, consolidating the dated pieces of the statue and thoroughly cleaning it.
It is the largest restoration project on the statue Robinson Cano Jersey ,which underwent repairs at least four times in history.
The project is expected to help the Qianshou Guanyin keep glowing for at least 50 years, said Zhan Changfa, a researcher of the Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage, who is in charge of the project.
The statue, 7.7 meters high and 12.5 meters wide, was carved during the Southern Song Dynasty (1127 to 1279). It is a masterpiece among thousands of individual rock carvings in the grottoes in Dazu. The carvings date back as early as the Tang Dynasty (618-907). They were listed as major World Heritage sites by UNESCO in 1999.
Over the centuries Randy Johnson Jersey , the sculpture's color had faded, some of the gold foils peeled off, cracks appeared.
Heritage authorities will continue to monitor the statue's condition and take timely measures to prevent damage and pass its beauty to the next 800 years, said Tong Mingkang, deputy head of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, at a ceremony marking the completion of restoration on Saturday.
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