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Dazu Rock Carvings
Dazu Rock Carvings
1. Baoding Mountain: The famous 31-meter-long Reclining Buddha;
2. Thousand-Hand Guanyin: A breathtaking gilded statue with 1,007 original hands;
3. Beishan (North Mountain): Exquisite carvings known for their elegance and delicate details;
4. Shuimen (Water Curtain) Cave: Intricate scenes depicting secular and religious life.
The Dazu Rock Carvings represent the highest level of grotto art from the 9th to the 13th centuries. They are remarkable for their aesthetic quality, their rich diversity of subject matter—blending Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism—and the vivid light they shed on everyday life in ancient China.
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