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The Dazu Rock Carvings
Dazu Rock Carvings（大足石刻） are composed of two main parts: the rock carvings in Beishan（北山） and Baodingshan（宝顶山）, both of which are of the highest artistic attainment and demonstrate the most exquisite skills of ancient Chinese People.
Dazu County, reputed as The County of Rock Carving sits at the southeast of Sichuan province. It is 271 km west from Chengdu and 167 km east from Chongqing. The whole county has an area of 1,400 square km and it stretches a history of 1,230 years since it came into existence in 758 during the Tang Dynasty (618-907).
The above photo shows the six realms wheel of life in Baoding moutain.
P.S. The six realms wheel of life（六世轮回） contains Naturelaw（天道）, Asura Road（阿修罗道）, humanity（人道）, beasts Road（畜生道）, hungry ghost Road（饿鬼道）, Hell Road（地狱道）.
It is as eyes-catching as the Mogao Grottos in Dunhuang, Gansu Province. The rock carvings in these places are very distinguished all over the world. Among the rock carvings, there are more than 5,000 statues and over 100, 000 Chinese characters of inscriptions and epigraphs. The Buddhist statues dominate in this rock carving group, and the Taoist and the Confucian stone figures can also be seen.
In 1999, the Dazu Rock Carving was ranked as a World Cultural Heritage Site. Every year thousands of tourists from home and abroad come here for visits.
It is as eyes-catching as the Mogao Grottos in Dunhuang, Gansu Province. The rock carvings in these places are very distinguished all over the world. Among the rock carvings, there are more than 5,000 statues and over 100, 000 Chinese characters of inscriptions and epigraphs. The Buddhist statues dominate in this rock carving group, and the Taoist and the Confucian stone figures can also be seen.
In 1999, the Dazu Rock Carving was ranked as a World Cultural Heritage Site. Every year thousands of tourists from home and abroad come here for visits.
This is the sleeping Sakyamuni.（释伽牟尼圣迹图）
This is the Happiness Buddha(Mile Buddha，弥勒佛）
This is the Goddess of Mercy（观音）.
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