Please say its name in one second -
Answer: the Leshan Giant Buddha, a famous attraction in Leshan, Sichuan Province.
When you see it, is your first reaction excitement? Or fear?
If you feel the sky spinning, your heart beating faster, and you're so nervous and scared that you just want to throw away your cell phone immediately ......
Then this group on Douban welcomes you.
You'll be the 2,439th "victim" of the Great Buddha of Leshan.
As a famous attraction in Leshan, Sichuan Province, millions of people visit the Giant Buddha every year to "clasp the Buddha's feet", admire it and pray for blessings.
In the huge number of lovers of the Buddha, it must not be imagined that at least 2,000 people in the world because of the Buddha, fell lifelong phobia.
"Standing at the foot of the Big Buddha, one look up, a lifetime of fear."
"I was scared to tears by the Leshan Giant Buddha."
These words, not at all exaggerated.
The "Victims of the Leshan Buddha" group on Douban, created in 2011.
Almost ten years later, the profile still contains the same paragraph of the group leader's complaint about the Buddha.
"When I was a kid, my mom took me to see the Leshan Giant Buddha, and I was still a very small child, and when I looked up, I saw the huge and scary Buddha, and I was scared out of my wits. Since then, it suffered from a phobia of huge objects."
When Chengcheng first saw this text, he felt a little incredulous ...... "Buddha statues, well, very secure, why be afraid of it?"
In March last year, the leader of the group posted again, said he finally found the root of the fear.
It was this one, standing on the toes of the Buddha.
"In the past, I suspected that I was hallucinating, and now I dare to determine that all this is not a dream ah ...... When I was a child, this is how I was put on the toes of the Big Buddha by my mother, a lift of the eyes of the sky, the sky collapsed ...... "
When we were discussing in the editorial group, Shingun suddenly jumped out and said excitedly:
"Finally, ah finally, someone has spoken my mind."
"No matter what, the sight of huge objects is always inexplicably terrifying, with legs going weak and petrifying in place."
If you don't believe me, buy a ticket to Leshan, crouch on the toes of the Big Buddha like this, and look up .... You'll come back to Douban and join the group.
Haven't been to the Big Buddha yet, Chengcheng joined the group first with curiosity. In the group, I found many, many people like Chengjun.
For example, by the Longmen Grottoes scared to cry:
"I a few years ago, went to Luoyang to see the Longmen Grottoes, tired Baba climbed a lot of stone steps, a lift of the eyes to the right above there is a huge statue of the Buddha waiting for me, on the spot scared legs are soft, can not move, and do not dare to climb up, just stood in place and cried! ...... Later the kind passers-by saved me, pulling my hand to send me down."
There is to find the organization, was Leshan Buddha "alternative injury" "victims":
"When I was a child, about 5, 6 years old, during the day to visit the Buddha, the heart of the Buddha's eyes look like chocolates, super want to see the Buddha's eyes. I thought that the eyes of the Buddha looked like chocolates and I wanted to eat them (innocent, not psychopathic). The next morning, my mom woke me up from my sleep and told me that when I fell asleep, I was putting my hands together and chanting."
From then on, the Leshan Buddha became his childhood shadow.
There is also because the first time I saw the Buddha as a child, was scared to the point of suffocation:
"When I was a child, I went to Sichuan, listening to the tour guide said that the Leshan Buddha did not feel the time, but at night, when it was dark, the group at the bottom of the mountain of a small restaurant to eat, I came out to look at it, I was about to be suffocated on the spot, so huge.
Pitch black we are so small at the foot of the mountain! That visual shock ....... The next day to see the Leshan Buddha climbed the ladder, the whole person shaking simply do not dare to see."
Almost 10 years have passed, and there are more and more PTSD sufferers at the Big Buddha, who are in the group talking about their experiences of being repressed by the Big Buddha for many years, and also finding a trace of identity here.
This fear of being unable to look the behemoth in the eye extends from "Leshan Giant Buddha victims" , to "giant-object phobia".
In other words, fear,
begins with the Giant Buddha, and never ends with it.
In the group, some people, even if they have not seen the Buddha's real body, but because they have just finished watching the Tang Dynasty 3, the Buddha statue appeared in the advertisement before the beginning of the movie, was scared to the legs.
Some people complained that the movie "Mysterious Buddha", which caused their childhood shadow, issued a soul torture.
"Supposedly, this is the first commercial movie in New China, Leshan Buddha also became a popular attraction because of it... But is it really okay for my dad to show it to me, who is only 8 years old?"
Even because of the leader's fear, and even the group's creation, no one dared change their avatar until 2016.
In fact, the group leader tried and struggled, but failed.
On the first day of creation, the group leader promoted the first group member to admin. The only claim that was made was to change the group image, and in the end no one dared to do so.
Three years later, the group leader tried to change the avatar again, but was scared off when he just clicked on Baidu.
Later, even if the avatar became a cute cartoon version of the Leshan Buddha, some people were still trembling.
Victims gathered on the panel were not only y hurt by the Buddha, but also complained about behemoths around the world.
For example, the Tianzi Hotel in Hebei province.
When the three gods of fortune stand in front of you in such a way ...... huge body, stern eyes, there is a kind of indescribable weird.
Not to mention the "giant fear of people", even the hearts of ordinary people, also have to thump.
Another example is the Flying Kiss, an attraction in Chongqing that was a big hit last year, but was wildly criticized by netizens.
The design is inspired by a mythological story, when two men and women "flying island" rise, a white horse fairy, a tea fairy, both kiss each other.
With this color scheme and this whirling dance, the "giant fear mongers" saw it and cracked up.
When a Plus version of a mythological figure is zoomed in and zoomed out, looking down on the world from God's point of view, even if you're not a giant-phobe, you're going to be left with a deep psychological shadow.
For example, The Great Goddess of Mercy in Sendai, Japan.
There's an inexplicable sense of trepidation when you look at it from a distance.
For example, the Ushiku Daibutsu, which is undergoing restoration.
The workers are like a tear in front of the Buddha.
There is also Makoma-uchi Takino Cemetery.
It doesn't look like a place to be messed with.
The fear of being dominated by giants, and more ......
(Be prepared for the next picture)
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When two large hands reach out of the river and grab a corner of the Hotel Sagrado.
Shirokun said that when he saw this picture, he forgot all about its public service attributes, and instead was incredibly worried - "Staying at this hotel, if you happen to open the window is a pair of big hands, you'll be sent away on the spot, right?"
As it turns out, no matter what, as long as it is enlarged and enlarged again, and appears in front of people with visual shock, it can be a nightmare for those who are afraid of giant things.
In Germany, there is a statue of a giantess taking a dip in the Alster Lake. 4 meters of head appeared in the river, the city gentleman said, "people who see this, can still be at peace?"
Seeing the hard to be at peace, there's also this, a very large human face.
(High-energy warning ahead)
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When kind and sweet nuns, magnified to the nth degree, are horror movies.
(Ahead, another high-energy warning)
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Up close, feel a big airplane ...... oppression coming at you.
The Princess Mackerel sculpture in Yingkou, Liaoning Province, 60 meters high, the ship passed by, quite quite small.
The famous little yellow duck, instant budding sense of nothing.
There is also the statue of Guan Gong, which was demolished last year because of unauthorized building works, and everyone is discussing the waste of resources and unauthorized building works, and the fear of giant things silently hid.
Not to mention, this giant stone statue.
(still high energy warning)
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And, the Golden Bridge of Buddha's Hand in Ba Na Shan, Vietnam.
Ordinary people can enjoy the view of Ba Na Mountain from the bridge. "I can't ......," said Shingun, shaking his head vigorously when he saw this picture.
What's more, static giants are a piece of cake in front of this moving doll.
This is the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the French state large puppet theater troupe street performance, they use giant puppets to interpret a warm story.
But just looking at the moving pictures, it's hard to be warm and fuzzy, even if it's a beautiful and heartfelt story of an encounter.
(Still high energy ......)
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This is basically Winnie the Pooh's doll horror movie, the real life version alright!
Stick to this, originally not a giant phobia of the city is about to fall ......
With more and more people joining the Douban "Leshan Giant Buddha victimization group", Leshan Giant Buddha brought the "fear of giant things". "Giant fear", so that more people find **** Ming.
Last year's May Day holiday, "giant phobia" on the hot search, 190 million people involved in the topic of reading and discussion.
See the five-story statue, was scared to bawl; watch astronomy science programs, always curled up on the couch, shivering; see giant things will be afraid, dizzy, goosebumps; standing in front of the "dinosaurs", do not dare to look up .......
On the giant phobia, a counselor gave an explanation, it is only a kind of phobia, and phobia is a kind of neurosis, the specific symptoms include plaza phobia, claustrophobia, phobia of sharp objects, etc.
In other words, it is a kind of phobia, but it is not a kind of phobia, it is a kind of neurosis.
In other words, people who have a phobia of giant objects may also have "multiple disorders". They are afraid, but often not understood by their families, "It's not just a little ghost that's afraid of the Buddha."
It is precisely because of this lack of understanding that a small Douban group has become a harbor of mutual understanding and warmth.
At present, at home and abroad, about the giant fear of research, not much.
Some people try to analyze from the psychological aspect, human beings for dangerous and mysterious things, have a natural sense of fear. And the Buddha, giant statues and other huge objects, beyond the basic range of human tolerance, the fear is born from the heart.
And giant phobia corresponds to the existence of a class of giant lovers.
They love to capture all things huge and unknown, and enjoy a kind of shock with pleasure.
Well, that's a feeling that Shirokune will never have.
In order to alleviate the work-related injuries suffered during this discussion.
We thoughtfully found a set of Japanese healing painter Ariduka55's works, hoping to help you get out of the fear of being dominated by giants
Look, there are little cuties guarding you.
If you're tired, just lie down together.
Be quiet and give you something to lean on.
If you are tired of working and studying, give you a hug.
By the way, if one day, your "giant fear" is cured.
Remember, go to Leshan Buddha and return a wish!
Author / Chengcheng