Dazhu, Chinese city over 150 kilometers from Chongqing g lies in its surroundings a Antentas artistic treasure declared World Heritage by UNESCO: thousands of rock sculptures and reliefs of religious subjects and dug into mountains that were carved between the seventh century and XIV. One way to approach not only to the Buddhist tradition but also the daily life of the China of that era and one of the most spectacular examples of Chinese sculpture.
The largest collection of sculptures is Baodingshan, composed by 10,000 figures, is located fifteen kilometers from Dazhu. From the city buses run every 20-30 minutes to visit. Among the sculptures, whose sight overwhelmed by its magnificence and for being some of them carved into the mountain itself, highlights some as a more recumbent Buddha 30 meters long and 5 high, or representing Guanyin, the goddess of Mercy, with more than a thousand arms.
The other most important sculpture is Beishan Dazu, which is just two kilometers from the city and brings together, around the cliff of the Great Buddha, more than 300 meters, another 10,000 statues. Among them, those located in the Cave 136 are the best known.
In total, around Dazhu saved in the foothills and the interior of the hills, over 50,000 sculptures scattered around forty points of interest. Others of them, besides those mentioned, are those of Nanshan, Shizhuanshan or Shimenshan.
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