Dazu Rock Carvings in Chongqing, China

Located in the southwest China city of Chongqing Dazu County, etc., here known as "stone town" in the world. Dazu Rock Carvings on the first cut in the early Tang Yong Hui (AD 649), after the late Tang Dynasty, Five Dynasties (AD 907 ~ 959), flourished in the Song Dynasty (AD 960 ~ 1278), Ming and Qing dynasties (14th to 19th centuries AD) also has increased moment, culminating in a large-scale, set the culmination of the essence of Chinese stone carving of the stone base, called the representative of Chinese grotto art late, and the Yungang Grottoes, the Longmen Grottoes and the famous Mogao Grottoes phase.
Dazu Rock Carvings, "Where the Scriptures contained all equipment listed" in the art, "the people of God and the deification of man" to achieve a high degree of unity. Dazu Rock Carvings contained more than a thousand longitudinal, transverse financial Buddhism Taoism, Confucianism, exquisite statues, good rate. Accompanied by statues of various scriptures there, near the title, hymns, notes and other stone inscriptions have 15 thousand words, but mostly to share the history of epigraphy, is a rare treasure house of culture and the arts. Distinctive national characteristics, has high historical, scientific and artistic value, the ancient grotto art in China play a vital role in the history of being at home and abroad hailed as magical pearl of oriental art, artistic genius, is a unique World Heritage treasure.
Dazu stone carvings stone base, including a total of more than 70, a total of 10 million statue, which Kitayama, ding, Nanshan, stone seal Hill, Shimenshan five most famous and concentrated. :
Stone carvings in Dazu County, located in North Mountain 2 kilometers northwest, carved in the Tang Jingfu before the first year (AD 892), to the Southern Song Dynasty Shaoxing period (AD 1162) conclusion. There are ten thousand Cliff Kitayama stone statue, the main contribution to the secular pray Buddha sculpture. A total of 51 statues subject to the then popular Buddhist story of the main characters. It is the product of secular Buddhism, unlike the early Chinese Grottoes. Kitayama statues with fine carving, skilled, handsome, elegant and world-famous, shows China to the 14th century AD 8th century, the folk art style stone Buddhist beliefs and the development and changes.
The front four of Ramses II as high as 20 meters. Visitors can enter the temple from inside here. The interior is a large colonnade room, up to 10 by 8 meters in imitation of God Eselisi statue of Ramses II constituted. Great column on both sides of the wall carvings column rooms Not to be missed. Inscribed on the card stack of Ramses II, even (now Syria) and the Hittites, the spectacular battle scenes. Large column depth of the anterior column in the chamber's tourism highlight 奈菲尔塔利 Queen of relief. There are several side by side within the innermost holy statue, from right to left are: La Hake refreshing, deification of the Ramses II, A Mengla God and Pu Taha God (god of darkness).
Temple, 30 meters high, 36 meters wide, depth 60 meters, in front of four giant seated statue of Ramses stone, each 20 meters high statue, like next to his mother, wife, children, small statues, all life, through more than 3000 years of wind erosion is still intact.