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unusual facts about Buddha Mountain



Double Xposure

The film was digitally shot using the Arri Alexa camera along with ARRI master prime and Alura zoom lenses by German cinematographer Florian Zinke who worked as second cinematographer for Li Yu's previous film, Buddha Mountain.


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Thousand Buddha Mountain

According to a legend related in the Youyang Zazu (Youyang Miscellanies) by the Tang Dynasty writer Duan Chengshi (800-863), the Thousand Buddha Mountain was originally located by the sea and the sea god had locked it in place there by a large lock in order to prevent the god in charge of the mountains from moving it around.