Dazu stone carvings
Dazu Rock Carving is located in the southwest of China's Chongqing Dazu District, is the late Tang and Song dynasties cliff stone to the main theme of Buddhism, which Baodingshan cliff statues and Beishan cliff statues most famous. Dazu stone is a famous ancient Chinese stone art, in 1999 was listed as a world cultural heritage. Dazu stone carving at the beginning of the first year of the early emperor Yong emperor (AD 650) (Tsushama child cliff statue), after the late Tang Dynasty, five generations (AD 907 ~ 959), Sheng in the Song Dynasty (960 ~ 1278), Ming and Qing Dynasties (14 ~ 19th century) has also been engraved, and ultimately the formation of a large scale, the essence of the Chinese stone carvings of the culmination of the group, its content for the interpretation of Confucianism and Taoism combined, called the Chinese late grotto art representatives, but also The Best Works of Chinese Southern Grottoes. ...