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The Leshan Giant Buddha（乐山大佛Lèshān Dàfó）, which was chiseled on the cliff wher the  Min River（岷江Mín Jiāng）,  the Qingyi River  （青衣江Qīngyī Jiāng）and  the Dadu River（大渡河Dàdù Hé）flow together, is the world’s largest stone-carved Buddha so far. The giant sitting Buddha was proposed to be built by Monk Haitong in a bid to weaken the flow of water and reduce water disaster. It was carved from 713 AD and not completed until 803 AD, costing an unprecedented amount of manpower and material resources. On December 16th of 1996, this massive spectacular Buddha statue was officially authorized as "World Cultural and Natural Heritage" and was placed on the World Heritage List by the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization).