Chongqing Dazu Rock Carvings|North Dunhuang, South Dazu
📕"The rugged cliffs in the Dazu area preserve a unique series of rock carvings, spanning from the 9th to the 13th century AD. These carvings are renowned for their high artistic quality and diverse themes, vividly reflecting the daily social life of China during this period, and fully demonstrating the harmonious coexistence of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism at this time."
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📕The Dazu Rock Carvings are represented by the "Five Mountains" grottoes of Beishan, Baoding, Nanshan, Shimenshan, and Shizhushan, each with its own characteristics. Beishan Grotto is known as the "Chinese Guanyin Statue Exhibition Hall", Baoding Mountain Grotto is the only large-scale grotto in the country with a unified conceptual layout, Nanshan Grotto is a fine example of Taoist statues in the country, Shimenshan Grotto is a statue area where Buddhism and Taoism coexist, and Shizhushan Grotto is a rare "Three Religions in One" statue area in the country.
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📍:Dazu Rock Carvings Scenic Area, Baoding Town, Dazu District, Chongqing City
🏷️:Baoding Mountain Scenic Area (Main Scenic Area)--110r; Combo Ticket: 135r (Baoding Mountain + Beishan)
🕰️:Baoding Mountain 2-3 hours; Baoding Mountain + Beishan 4-5 hours
Transportation: Self-driving is recommended;
Public Transportation: Take the intercity express bus 50r+205 from downtown Chongqing and get off at the tourist center
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Highlights:
✅Thousand-Hand Guanyin Statue
Built during the Southern Song Dynasty, it is the peak work of Guanyin statues and the largest hand-holding Guanyin statue in the country. Upon entering the Buddha Cave, you will be attracted by the nearly thousand hands on the wall and the huge main statue, which is even more magnificent and majestic after being gilded and restored.
✅Shakyamuni Nirvana Holy Relic Picture
The Buddha statue is in a reclining Buddha posture, only revealing half of the Buddha's body, which is 31 meters long, and the lower half of the body is incorporated into the mountain. The Buddha's face is serene with his eyes slightly closed. This Buddha statue is the world's largest half-body reclining Buddha statue.
✅Folk Rock Carvings Integrating Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism
The Baoding Mountain Rock Carving Area is different from most grottoes in that it has a variety of god and Buddha statues as well as many folk rock carvings that are both ethnic and life-like. There are many realistic life carvings such as the chicken-raising woman, the cattle-herding picture, and the flute-playing woman.
✅Dazu Rock Carvings Museum
After visiting the rock carvings themselves, the Dazu Museum located at the exit is not to be missed, where you can learn more deeply and in detail about the charm of Dazu.
✅Beishan Rock Carvings
The Baoding Mountain Rock Carvings are well-preserved in the Dazu Rock Carvings Scenic Area and have been perfectly presented after several restorations, while the Beishan Rock Carvings are the appearance after weathering, more original and realistic.
💡Practical tips:
1⃣️Be sure to listen to the explanation when entering the scenic area. You can ask for a guide at the entrance of the scenic area, or you can follow the detailed guide in the scenic area's public account.
2⃣️Baoding Mountain and Beishan are divided into two scenic areas. If you go to both, it is recommended to buy a combo ticket.
3⃣️The country's first Dolby Panorama Sound Sphere Cinema will play rock carving-related films, and it is recommended to buy a combo ticket.
Although this attraction is a world cultural heritage, when I went to Qingming Festival, there were not many people and the experience was good. I watched the documentary before I went, and I asked for an explanation when I arrived at the attraction. I feel that I have gained a lot.
I took my parents to go. My father likes the attractions of humanistic monuments, so Dazu Stone Carvings must go to see it once. The most shocking thing is the thousand-hand Guanyin. It makes me feel afraid of solemnity. I have seen the wisdom of the ancients and traditional culture. I feel very magical. The digital films that start with you must first look at the monuments and then visit the monuments
The current scenic spot can't wait to build the gate outside ten miles, and Baoding Mountain is one of them. Today, I will introduce you to a good way to save money. 1. Self-driving friends and friends who take the car do not navigate Baoding Mountain Visitor Center, but to navigate to Baoding Police Station self-driving friends can park the car in front of the police station parking lot, free! Don't drive to the front to charge or privately take the 205 bus. Friends who get off the bus will press the cut head of Figure 1. Enter the door 2. After entering the door, you will see the east gate of Shengshou Temple. Don't go in. Follow Figure 2 and turn left against the red wall. You can go to the location of Figure 4. (I will see the sign in Figure 3) 3. See Figure 4, go to the museum first, free, and very worth it, I stayed in it for more than an hour, I don't want to leave 4. After leaving the museum, follow Figure 4 and walk for5-10 minutes to see another layer of gates in Baoding Mountain. Buy tickets here (it is recommended to buy online in advance), brush your face, enter, in the last big time play strategy, there are introductions that do not look at the student ID card door is here. 5. After entering Baoding Mountain, do not go back to the tour, this is the essence of the scenic spot 6. Go out of Baoding Mountain to the Holy Site Pool to see the big feet, then enter the north gate of Shengshou Temple to visit, and finally go out from the east gate, take 205 to the entrance of the police station or pick up the car and return 7. Friends who want to go to Beishan can take 205 to the visitor center. Take the shuttle bus to Beishan on the hour, the price is 3 yuan, pay attention to the hourly shift.
very good. Before going to the attractions, you must watch the movie 🎬, and the movie visual effect is also very good 👍. The attractions are very good, but you must ask the tour guide or you will see only some stones. After you ask the tour guide, you will understand the history behind and the wisdom of the ancestors!
Dazu Stone Carving is an hour away from 1.5, and I will report to the group for a day and take care of my lunch. Beishan Stone Carving 9:30~ 10:30 Dazu Stone Carving Museum + Baodingshan Stone Carving 12:30~ 15:00 There is one more thing to travel, that is, stamp. But after all, travel is the main thing, and stamping is along the way. Dazu Stone Carvings travel consists of three parts. Beishan Stone Carvings, Dazu Stone Carvings Museum, Baoding Mountain Stone Carvings. Today's stamp is free. At the exit of Dazu Stone Carvings Museum, there are six pieces in total, which are very beautiful and distinctive.
Dazu Stone Carving is the pride of our China and deserves the world's attention. When I walked into the scenic spot, I was first shocked by the 4k and ball screen movies. With the passage of the lens, we felt the heavy history and the amazing world of Dazu Stone Carving!