Buddhas Among Tallest Statues in the World

Statutes of Buddhas are among the tallest in the world. 

The Wall Street Journal recently published a slideshow of the five tallest statutes in the U.S. and  the five tallest in the world.  Four of the five tallest in the world are Buddhas. 

Two are in China, one is in Myanmar, and one is in Japan. The one below is the tallest at 420 feet. It's called the Spring Temple Buddha and is in China.

By Zgpdszz - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16512067

This is the Laykyun Setkyar Buddha in Myanmar. It is the second largest statute in the world at 381 feet.

By Tetsuya Kitahata - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=57280566

And here is a Japanese Buddha, Ushiku Daibutsu in Ibaraki,in Japan. It's the third largest statute in the world at 360ft.

The fourth largest statute in the world is this Buddha called The Guanying. It's in the South Sea of Sanya, in China, and stands 354 feet tall.

By C Ling Fan from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. - GuanYin deity, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3108680

The video below includes three of the Buddhas above, the Ushiku Daibutsu  in Japan, the Laykyun Setkyar Buddha in Myanmar, and the Spring Temple Buddha in China.