🏛️ Rock Carvings of Dazu

China · Asia · Cultural · 29.28°N, 105.71°E

The Dazu Rock Carvings are a series of Chinese religious sculptures and carvings and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Dazu District, Chongqing, China. The carvings date back as far as the 7th century AD, depicting and influenced by Buddhist, Confucian and Taoist beliefs. Some are in rock-cut cave shrines, in the usual Chinese Buddhist style, but many others are rock reliefs carved into the open rock faces. Listed as a World Heritage Site in 1999, the Dazu Rock Carvings are made up of 75 protected sites containing some 50,000 statues, with over 100,000 Chinese characters forming inscriptions and epigraphs. The sites are located in Chongqing Municipality within the steep hillsides throughout Dazu District, located about 165 kilometers west of the urban area of Chongqing. The highlights of the rock grotto are found on Mount Baoding and Mount Beishan.

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Quick facts

Country	China
Continent / region	Asia
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	29.28°N, 105.71°E · view on map

Rock Carvings of Dazu is a cultural World Heritage site in China, in Asia. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Rock Carvings of Dazu was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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