Buddhistdoor Global (BDG)
About Buddha Park
Buddha Park, also known as Xieng Khuan, is a sculpture park 25 km southeast from Vientiane, Laos in a meadow by the Mekong River.
Although it is not a temple (Wat), it may be referred to as Wat Xieng Khuan since it contains numerous religious images.
The name Xieng Khuan means Spirit City.
The park contains over 200 Hindu and Buddhist statues.
The socialist government operates Buddha Park as a tourist attraction and public park.
Colossal Buddha statues – sculptures of the Buddhist era
After the collapse of the Indus Valley civilization there is little record of larger sculpture until the Buddhist era.
During the 2nd to 1st century BCE in far northern India, in the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara from what is now southern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan, sculptures became more explicit, representing episodes of the Buddha's life and teachings.
Since then many Colossal Buddha statues were carved across the silk road and later beyond south Asia.
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