Dazu Grottoes
大足石刻 dà zú shí kè
大足石窟 dà zú shí kū
The
Dazu Rock Carvings 大足石刻 dàzú
shí kè / 大足石窟 dà
zú shí kū is
located west of Chongqing. It is one of China's
中
国 zhōng
guó many (more than 50)
World Heritage Sites. Here in Dazu County, Confucian, Daoist and
Buddhist statue art come together. It is reported that people
started carving here during the Tang Dynasty
唐代 táng dài (circa
650 CE).
