Stone Seal Mountain Rock Carvings (Dazu Rock Carvings)
Dazu Rock Carvings is located in southwest China's Chongqing Dazu County, here known as "stone town" reputation. Dazu Rock Carvings initially dug in between the early Tang Yong Hui years (649 AD), after the late Tang Dynasty, Five Dynasties (AD 907 ~ 959 years), flourished in the Song Dynasty (AD 960 to 1278), Ming and Qing Dynasties (AD 14 to 19 century) also has increased engraved, culminating in a large-scale, set the culmination of stone art essence of China's stone base, called on behalf of the late Chinese grotto art, and Yungang Grottoes, the Longmen Grottoes and Mogao Grottoes with par. Dazu Rock Carvings group includes a total of 70 stone statues of many, a total of 10 million statue, which Kitayama, Baoding Mountain, Nanshan, Shizhuanshan, Shimenshan five most famous and concentrated.
Shizhuanshan located in Dazu County, Longgang Town, 25 kilometers southwest of the town of three drives Buddha Hui village, elevation 444.6 meters. According to Hui Buddha Temple "Yan Xun monument in mind" records, statues in the year 1082 - 1096 North Yuanfeng cut from five to three years Shaosheng. Posing cliff face about 130 m, from about 3 to 8 meters, 10 pass as resolution. Chinese grotto is typical of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, "three religions" statues combined group. Shizhuanshan Cliff area of 0.21 hectares focus the scope of protection, the general scope of the protection area of 0.18 hectares, the construction of the control zone area of 2.47 hectares.
Shizhuanshan Cliff is typical of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, "three religions" unity statues area, rare in caves. Among them, No. 6 and 10 Confucius philosophy niches, positive wall carved Chinese thinker, Confucius, founder of the Confucius statue, carved walls on both sides of the top ten most famous disciples of Confucius. This is the Grotto, is rare. No. 7 for the three shrines. No. 8 Laojun niches, middle chisel Chinese Taoism founder Lao Tzu seated, each standing about seven live, like the Master. According Statues know, three or more niche statues are large manor Yan Xun funding cut, the same as the text was a famous carving craftsmen carving, etc. but simple.
August 16, 1956, Sichuan Provincial People's Committee announced Shizhuanshan Cliff in Sichuan Province cultural relics protection units. (Now Chongqing key cultural relics protection units). April 26, 1963, Dazu County People's Committee announced Qianfoya Cliff is a cause like Dazu county cultural relics protection units. Shizhuanshan to Laojun hole as representative.
Car lines
Address: Chongqing Dazu County, flooding towns
Car lines: Caiyuanba bus station after the car to transfer to Dazu County Sanqu direction of the town direct Shizhuanshan scenic stone
Car lines: From Egongyan - XIEJIAWAN overpass - Dragon Road - Chongqing Kunming highway - Highway 205-- Sanqu town - Shizhuanshan scenic stone