Located on the cliff in the Lingyun Mountain on the eastern bank at the confluence of the Minjiang, the Dazu and the Qingyi Rivers, the statue is 71 meters high, the tallest of its kind in the world. Its shoulders are 28 meters broad and its head is 14.7 meters long and 10 meters broad. Its ear can support a man and its foot can accommodate 100 people. It is the biggest of such carvings in the world.

The construction started in the Tang Dynasty and lasted 90 years. There is s well-designed drainage system under the statue. It has been well preserved for over 1200 years.