坐落于四川的乐山大佛位于三江交汇处，佛像高71米，是中国最大的一尊佛像。
乐山大佛的修造历时近一个世纪，经历了多个朝代，已经屹立了一千二百多年。
这座大佛有数不尽的传说，其中，关于乐山大佛里有一个藏宝密室的说法一直以来都在当地人中口口相传。
1962年，两位正在对大佛进行修缮的工作人员偶然发现了大佛的胸口处有一个密室。
两人赶紧报告政府，政府收到消息后立即派专家去考察。
但当密室的门在大家眼前打开时，里面的景象让人大失所望。
这是一个高3.3米，宽1米，深2米的人工开凿的暗室，里面杂乱摆放着一些废弃物品，唯一有价值的是一块宋代的石碑。
据专家分析，这个密室里原本的东西应该已经被盗墓者都盗走了，只剩下地上的一点废弃物品，而这个密室最近的年代起码也是宋朝。
虽然这次没有什么有价值的发现，但起码证实了千年前的传言。
据专家分析，一般泥塑作品常会开凿藏洞，洞里装“五谷”或者“五金”，希望能够“五谷丰登”或者“招财进宝”。
但是一般这些藏洞位于泥塑的背后，位置隐蔽，而乐山大佛的藏洞位于胸口，极其明显，和一般藏洞不符。
关于密室的开凿时间，有人认为是宋朝，有人认为是唐朝，说法也不一致。
直到现在，乐山大佛胸口的密室究竟是为何而建，里面又放了什么东西，仍旧是一个未解之谜。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 坐落 | zuò luò | to be situated / to be located (of a building) |
| 于 | yú | (of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by |
| 四川 | Sì chuān | Sichuan; a province in southwest China. |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 乐山大佛 | Lè shān Dà fó | the Leshan Giant Buddha; a 71-meter-tall giant stone Buddha statue in Sichuan, China |
| 位于 | wèi yú | to be located at / to be situated at / to lie |
| 三 | sān | three / 3 |
| 江 | jiāng | river |
| 交汇 | jiāo huì | confluence (of rivers, airflow, roads) / (international) cooperation |
| 处 | chù | (bound form) place; locality / (bound form) part; aspect / (bound form) office; department; bureau |
| 佛像 | fó xiàng | Buddhist image / statue of Buddha or Bodhisattva |
| 高 | gāo | high / tall / above average / loud |
| 米 | mǐ | uncooked rice / meter (unit of length) / (slang) Chinese yuan |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 尊 | zūn | classifier for cannons and statues |
| 修造 | xiū zào | to build / to repair |
| 历时 | lì shí | to last / to take (time) |
| 近 | jìn | approximately |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 世纪 | shì jì | century |
| 经历 | jīng lì | to experience; to go through |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 朝代 | cháo dài | dynasty / reign (of a king) |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 屹立 | yì lì | to tower / to stand straight (of person's bearing) |
| 千 | qiān | thousand |
| 二 | èr | two / 2 |
| 百 | bǎi | hundred |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 座 | zuò | classifier for large immovable objects |
| 大佛 | dà fó | Big Buddha; a large Buddha statue. |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 数不尽 | shǔ bu jìn | countless |
| 传说 | chuán shuō | legend; folk tale |
| 其中 | qí zhōng | among / in / included among these |
| 关于 | guān yú | pertaining to / concerning / with regard to / about / a matter of |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 藏 | cáng | to conceal / to hide away / to harbor / to store / to collect |
| 宝 | bǎo | jewel / gem / treasure |
| 密室 | mì shì | a room for keeping sth hidden / secret room / hidden chamber |
| 说法 | shuō fa | way of speaking / wording / formulation / one's version (of events) / statement / theory / hypothesis / interpretation |
| 一直 | yī zhí | straight (in a straight line) / continuously; always; all the way through |
| 以来 | yǐ lái | since (used after a specified time or event) |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 当地 | dāng dì | local |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 中 | zhōng | within; among; in |
| 口口相传 | kǒu kǒu xiāng chuán | passed on by word of mouth; widely circulated through oral retelling |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 位 | wèi | classifier for people (honorific) |
| 正在 | zhèng zài | to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 进行 | jìn xíng | (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) |
| 修缮 | xiū shàn | to renovate / to repair (a building) |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | job / work / task |
| 人员 | rén yuán | staff / crew / personnel |
| 偶然 | ǒu rán | incidentally / occasionally / by chance / randomly |
| 发现 | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of / to discover; to find; to detect |
| 胸口 | xiōng kǒu | chest |
| 赶紧 | gǎn jǐn | hurriedly / without delay |
| 报告 | bào gào | to inform / to report / to make known |
| 政府 | zhèng fǔ | government |
| 收到 | shōu dào | to receive |
| 消息 | xiāo xi | (piece of) news; information / message |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 立即 | lì jí | immediately |
| 派 | pài | to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb) |
| 专家 | zhuān jiā | expert; specialist |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 考察 | kǎo chá | to inspect / to observe and study |
| 但 | dàn | but; yet; however; still |
| 当 | dāng | when / during / ought / should / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / just at |
| 门 | mén | gate / door / gateway / doorway / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate) |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone |
| 眼 | yǎn | eye / a look; a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point |
| 前 | qián | front / forward / ahead |
| 打开 | dǎ kāi | to open / to show (a ticket) |
| 时 | shí | when |
| 里面 | lǐ miàn | inside / interior |
| 景象 | jǐng xiàng | scene / sight (to behold) |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 大失所望 | dà shī suǒ wàng | greatly disappointed |
| 宽 | kuān | wide / broad / loose / relaxed / lenient |
| 深 | shēn | (lit. and fig.) deep |
| 人工 | rén gōng | artificial |
| 开凿 | kāi záo | to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc) |
| 暗室 | àn shì | darkroom |
| 杂乱 | zá luàn | in a mess / in a jumble / chaotic |
| 摆放 | bǎi fàng | to set up; to arrange; to lay out |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 废弃 | fèi qì | to discard / to abandon (old ways) / to invalidate |
| 物品 | wù pǐn | articles; goods |
| 唯一 | wéi yī | only; sole |
| 价值 | jià zhí | value; worth / (ethical, cultural etc) values |
| 块 | kuài | classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units |
| 宋代 | Sòng dài | Song dynasty (960-1279) |
| 石碑 | shí bēi | stele / stone tablet (for inscription) |
| 据 | jù | according to |
| 分析 | fēn xī | analysis |
| 原本 | yuán běn | the original; original copy; original version |
| 东西 | dōng xi | thing / stuff / person |
| 应该 | yīng gāi | ought to; should; must |
| 被 | bèi | used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes |
| 盗墓者 | dào mù zhě | tomb robber; grave robber; one who loots tombs |
| 盗 | dào | to steal / to rob / to plunder |
| 走 | zǒu | from / through / away |
| 只 | zhǐ | only; merely; just |
| 剩下 | shèng xià | to remain; to be left over |
| 地 | dì | earth / ground / field / place / land |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 一点 | yī diǎn | a bit; a little bit / (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit / (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er |
| 而 | ér | and / as well as |
| 年代 | nián dài | a decade of a century / age / era / period |
| 起码 | qǐ mǎ | at the minimum; at the very least |
| 也 | yě | even (extreme or unexpected case) |
| 宋朝 | Sòng cháo | Song Dynasty (960-1279) / also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479) |
| 虽然 | suī rán | although; even though |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | to not have |
| 什么 | shén me | something; anything |
| 证实 | zhèng shí | to confirm (sth to be true) / to verify |
| 传言 | chuán yán | rumor / hearsay |
| 一般 | yī bān | generally / in general |
| 泥塑 | ní sù | clay modeling / clay figurine or statue |
| 作品 | zuò pǐn | work (of art) / opus |
| 常 | cháng | always / ever / often / frequently |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 藏洞 | cáng dòng | A hidden cavity or compartment opened in a clay sculpture, often used to place symbolic items for good luck. |
| 洞 | dòng | cave / hole / zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) |
| 装 | zhuāng | to adorn / to play a role / to pretend / to install / to fix / to wrap (sth in a bag) / to load / to pack |
| 五谷 | wǔ gǔ | five crops / all crops / all grains |
| 或者 | huò zhě | or |
| 五金 | wǔ jīn | metal hardware (nuts and bolts) / the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin |
| 希望 | xī wàng | to hope |
| 能够 | néng gòu | to be capable of / to be able to |
| 五谷丰登 | wǔ gǔ fēng dēng | abundant harvest of all food crops / bumper grain harvest |
| 招财进宝 | zhāo cái jìn bǎo | ushering in wealth and prosperity; We wish you wealth and success! |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 这些 | zhè xiē | these |
| 背后 | bèi hòu | behind / at the back / in the rear / behind sb's back |
| 位置 | wèi zhì | position / place / seat |
| 隐蔽 | yǐn bì | covert / under cover |
| 极其 | jí qí | extremely |
| 明显 | míng xiǎn | clear / distinct / obvious |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 符 | fú | to seal / to correspond to / to coincide |
| 时间 | shí jiān | time |
| 有人 | yǒu rén | someone / people / anyone |
| 认为 | rèn wéi | to believe; to think; to consider; to feel |
| 唐朝 | Táng cháo | Tang dynasty (618-907) |
| 一致 | yī zhì | consistent; unanimous; in agreement |
| 直到 | zhí dào | until |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 究竟 | jiū jìng | after all / when all is said and done / (in an interrogative sentence) finally |
| 为何 | wèi hé | why |
| 建 | jiàn | to establish / to found / to set up / to build / to construct |
| 又 | yòu | also |
| 放 | fàng | to put / to place |
| 仍旧 | réng jiù | still (remaining) / yet |
| 未解之谜 | wèi jiě zhī mí | unsolved mystery |