Dazu Rock Carvings in Chongqing City, Dazu County, Tongnan County, Tongliang, Bishan County in the range, here on behalf of tours to China Tang and Song Dynasty stone statues Art. Is the Dazu Rock Carvings Dazu County, mainly for Cliff general term of the grotto art.

Dazu Rock Carvings group has 70 stone statues of many, a total of more than 100,000 footer, which Baoding Mountain and Beishan Cliff most famous, which is mainly Buddhist statues, Confucianism, Taoism and Chan statues, is a model of China Grotto Art late grand scale, exquisite art, rich in content, can Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes and Yungang Grottoes, the Longmen Grottoes par.

Dazu Rock Carvings is located in mainland China because of the mountains, in the past inaccessible spared the havoc of war and the destruction of ancient, has a high cultural, sculpture and tourism value, particularly in the northern Cliff and Cliff Hill ding most concentrated.

December 1, 1999 at the 23rd session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, historical and cultural city of Marrakech, Morocco held the vote, the Dazu Rock Carvings in Kitayama, Baoding Mountain, Nanshan, Shizhuanshan, Shimenshan five Cliff, officially listed as a world cultural heritage, into the "World Heritage List" of the sacred temple.

Mount Baoding Caves from Dazu county northeast 15 km. Monk Zhao Zhifeng build this cave temple, which lasted more than 70 years to build. Baoding Mountain is one of the Buddhist Holy Land, "towards Emei, under the direction ding", he said. Baoding Mountain stone Buddha statues at bay as the center, a small Buddha East Bay, down the tower, leading Hill, Hill is the beginning, huangjuezhen slope, south high Guanyin, the majority of west mountain, forest slope, rock Buddha, north of Rock Bay , Longtan, across from Buddha, a total of 13 landscape. Among the largest stone statues of Buddha Bay, the highest artistic value, the best preserved. Buddha Temple Bay is located in the lower left Shengshou the shape of a "U" shaped Hill Bay. Cliff face about 500 meters, about 8-25 meters high. Statues carved on the east, south, and north side of the cliff, through knitting is 31. Its content before and after the connection, without a similar, like a picture illustrations.

Big Buddha Hill Bay is a horseshoe-shaped bay. On about 500 meters, about 15-30 meters high cliff, more than carving statues footer size. Another Baodingshan inscriptions record the origin of statues and Buddhist Tantric through 7 historical facts, too often Shaoqing Song Wei Weng et inscription 17, relic pagoda 2. Big Buddha Bay Cliff stone statues shaped by the mountain carving, relief tall, wide range of topics, cave shrine of convergence, layout Ya Jin, the overall sense, spectacular weather. Buddha novel idea, carving arts skill, secular, rich colors. Content mostly Buddhist stories. Stone treasures par after another. The main statues are "law enforcement statues", "six reincarnation", "the majority of treasure pavilion", "Kegon three icons", "Avalokitesvara", "Release Jianie like shrines plans," "filial heavy Sutra like" "like hell", "enlightenment Dojo", "cattle Dojo" and so on, vivid, pregnant with meaning.

Shengshou small Buddha Temple Bay is located on the right side, sitting north to the south, the main building is a stone altar table Toru, 2.31 m high, east-west width 16.50 m, depth 7.90 meters. Tan thoroughly into the stage with stone walls, stone chamber, over which the engraved Buddha, Bodhisattva through 9 as resolution.

Baoding Mountain predominantly Buddhist Tantric school statues temple. India Vajrabodhi Monk have not come to China, fearless and with good spread of esoteric, saying, "Kaiyuan three soil", has for three generations of descendants; and pass Zen master Hui fruit, fruit benefits Tantric Buddhist monk to become the fourth generation descendant. After another 30 years, the emergence of Liu deity. After 250 years, with ups and downs in the development and, to Zhao Zhi wind, inherited the mantle of Tantric become esoteric successor. 873 On April 8, Chang held a "welcome Fogu" ceremony, "the Quartet catch Old Boys," "Acoustic lined Buddha land", there Juncu "when, broken left arm in front of the Buddha, to the holding, one step at a ceremony, blood spilled, as to when the femoral step, Nie finger cut hair, innumerable, another monk to cover the top of Ai, that the refining items, fire hair, for pain, "" bad coke head, proudly warehouse force. "

Baoding Mountain stone is rare in China's large-scale Tantric Buddhist grotto temples. Buddha Bay is outside the temple for the majority of secular beings preach the small Buddha Bay is ordained believers, practice inner courtyard, complete system and unique. In significant parts of the caves, the illustrations engraved with the so-called "total Tang yoga portion of the main holding king" Liu deity line of diagram deeds, and engraved Liu deity statue in the main position in twenty places statues, Zhao Zhifeng "that Buddhahood" image.

Baodingshan manifestation of unique stone grotto in the art. Thousands of Buddha statues Bay theme is not repeated, both the intrinsic link between the cave shrine on the doctrine, another form of engagement with each other to form an organic whole. In the beginning of the contents of six interest idealistic, and finally to the LIU Ben achieve Buddhahood. Teach therebetween reasonable, and if there are rows, forming system. Disguised form the corresponding engraved with scripture, Jiyu, hymns, etc., illustrated, and the Tripitaka different, are outside the ancient Tibetan Buddhist stone literature Tripitaka not income, the study of Buddhist texts is of great academic value. Statues focus elaborate philosophy, the basic theory of integration of ethical teachings of Buddhism and Chinese Confucianism, Taoism and Confucianism in Mind, the gathering Concurrently, showing the characteristics of Buddhism and Chinese Song Dynasty.

Baoding Mountain Rock Carvings Chinese grotto art is nationalization, life model. Table statues content and the way of life have sought. Such as filial was disguised by heavy Praying, pregnancy, labor, and the process of raising children, vivid, touching. Figure cattle up to 30 meters, carved Lin Quan mountain, misty, interspersed with "ten cow, ten, animal husbandry," lyrics camel reproduction of cattle life. Another example is the flute solo "Piper girl", full of inner joy of "chicken woman", drink dizzy, "his son does not know", "husband and wife do not know," "Brothers do not know," "Sisters do not know" " drunk map "and so on, are all vivid. Sculptor who experience the subtle life, accurate reproduction of life, stunning.

Baoding Mountain is a stone grotto epitomize work of art, there are aspects of creative development. Statues convincing people to be able to create their principles, so as to inspire the faithful devotion to Buddhism. Statues, decoration, layout, drainage, lighting, support, perspective, have paid great attention to formal beauty and artistic beauty. Such as Avalokitesvara 1007 clutch hand flexion and extension, mixed scattered, like a streamer flashing peacock. This is not only the most Chinese Avalokitesvara, the Buddhist art in the world is a great spectacle. Release Jianie-like images, also known as the Buddha, a total length of 31 meters, only to reveal half-length, its composition are "intended to pen volts, painting, for the painting" in essence, gives of hidden beauty. This is the successful use of Chinese landscape painting to see the infinite in the finite Traditional Aesthetics. Hell disguised niches carved eerie hell; Ma Tau face ferocious tough, day number to call people suffer; knife, sawing, pan, ice, boiling soup all sorts of torture appalling, shocking. Yuanjue hole tens statues carving fine, like silk such as silk clothes, seat resembles wood carving. Above the hole open one day window light, direct light cave heart, matched the dark cave, mysterious. Kegon three tall statue stands according to Cliff, body leaning forward, he managed to avoid perspective distortion, robe ruffles stretch, shawls hold the elbow, until the foot of the support arm, the Monju in the hands of a few kilos of stone thousands of years the trust and not fall of persons. FIG Prince Kowloon bath using natural spring Cliff, Kowloon engraved rock above, to the central spring guide Longkou out continuously so long springs trickling washed with custard Prince, statues added to the school of life, called local conditions model.

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Address: Chongqing ding town of Dazu County Dazu Rock Carvings attractions

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Car lines: From Egongyan - XIEJIAWAN overpass - Dragon Road - Chongqing and Kunming Express - Highway 205-- from Five Star Boulevard - Dazu Rock Carvings attractions.