Comparison of the Art of Dazu Rock Carvings with Dunhuang, Longmen and Yungang Grottoes
Baodao Mountain Cliff (Grottoes) stone from Dazu County northeast 15 km, the founder of the stone for the Song Shu in the name of the monk Zhao Zhifeng, built in the Southern Song Dynasty Chunxi six years to Chunyou nine years (1179-1249), which lasted 70 years, a total of 13 stone, Statues of tens of thousands, to Big Buddha Bay and small Buddha Bay the largest scale. Baoding Mountain is one of the Buddhist holy places, there are "on the North Emei, the next treasure toward the top," said.
Dazu County is located in the southeast of Sichuan Basin, west of Chengdu, 271 kilometers east of Chongqing, 70 kilometers. The county a total area of ??about 1,400 square kilometers, a population of about 900,000. Dazujian County in Tang Qian yuan the first year (AD 758 years), dating back more than 1240 years of history, the county name to take "Dafeng big enough" meaning.
Dazu stone was founded in the first year of Tang Yonghui (AD 650), after the late Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties, Sheng in the Song Dynasty, stretching Ming and Qing Dynasties. Among them, there are five key cultural relics protection units in the country, namely, Beishan (including the North Tower), Baoding Mountain, Nanshan, Shimen Mountain, Shijingshan stone carved "five mountain stone carving" (World Heritage part), Chongqing cultural relics protection units 4 That is, Tsingshanzi, Shu Chengyan, wonderful mountain stone carvings, thousands of Buddha rock carvings, Dazu County cultural relics protection units such as the Western Hills, holy water Temple, Sanjiao Temple, Castle Peak homes, Laojun Temple, half of the temple, seven arch bridge, Pu Temple , Chen Jiayan stone and so on. Beishan, Baoding Mountain, Nanshan, Shimen Mountain, stone Zhushan is Dazu stone in the largest, most valuable, the art of the most beautiful stone statues on behalf of.
