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	CONTROL AND TREATMENT OF PERNEATION
		Dazu Rock Carvings are located in the southwest area with plenty of rainfall.
		Permeation is a chief factor for the diseases of rock carvings.
		Dazu Rock Carvings was inscribed on the World Heritage List in December 1999, and became the second cultural and historic remains in grotto art gaining this honor next to Mogao grottoes.
	www.webalice.it /s.zirilli/Atticulteri/S&T_CULHERITONGDENGJIN.html (3030 words)

	Dazu travel guide - Wikitravel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Dazu city is located two hours west of Chongqing city and four hours east of Chengdu and can be reached via the bus station in either city.
		Dazu city is an average Chinese city of several hundred thousand people and there isn't much to see or do within the a side from going to the famous rock carvings.
		Dazu is located in China's spice bowl and famous spicey hotpot is widely available for those who wish to test their intestinal fortitude.
	wikitravel.org /en/Dazu (966 words)

	China Dazu Grottoes of Buddhist Art. ChineseArt.com
		The Yungang Grotto carvings belong to the speleologist art of the early period and the statuary was distinctly influenced by the art of Gandhara style and Greek.
		Dazu rock carvings are products of the stereological art of the late period.
		The two side rock walls of the cave are carved with five Buddhist deities holding ritual objects in their hands.
	www.chineseart.com /china-dazu.htm (932 words)

	Dazu Stone Carvings Summary
		Dazu County, located 160 kilometers (100 miles) west of Chongqing, Sichuan Province, in central China, contains an exceptional series of rock carvings, most dating from the ninth to the thirteenth centuries CE.
		Construction of the Dazu carvings began during the early period of the Tang dynasty (618–907 CE) and continued until the late Song dynasty (960–1279).
		The Dazu Stone Carvings are a series of Chinese religious sculptures and carvings, dating back as far as the 7th century A.D., depicting and influenced by Buddhist, Confucian and Taoist beliefs.
	www.bookrags.com /Dazu_Stone_Carvings (476 words)

	English > Dazu rock carvings > About Dazu Rock Carvings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Dazu County, located in the southeast of Sichuan province, is 271 kilometres away from Chengdu and 163 kilometres away from Chongqing.
		The stone carvings in Dazu date to the Tang and Song dynasties, and continued until the Ming and Qing dynasties.
		The stone carvings in Dazu are typical grotto carvings from later historical periods.
	www.cndz.net /english/list.asp?id=370 (259 words)

	Dazu Rock Carvings Representing the Highest Level of Chinese Grotto Art
		They were carved into the cliffs of Dazu County, 130 kilometers northwest of Chongqing Municipality in southwest China, from the seventh to 13th centuries.
		Rock carving, or grotto art, was introduced to China, along with Buddhism, 2,000 years ago.
		The Dazu Rock Carvings represent the highest level of grotto art in the late stage and demonstrate breakthroughs in the form with respect to carving techniques and subject matter.
	www.theculturedtraveler.com /Heritage/Print/Dazu.htm (999 words)

	Dazu Grottoes, Dazu Rock Carving, Chongqing Attractions
		The collection is composed of the rock carvings in Beishan, Baodingshan, Nanshan, Shimenshan as well as Shizhuanshan, all of which are of the highest artistic attainment and demonstrate the most exquisite skills.
		Dazu County, reputed as 'the county of rock carving' is located at the southeast of Sichuan province.
		The Dazu Rock Carvings was built from 650 in the Tang Dynasty and continued to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and the Qing Dynasty (1616-1911).
	www.travelchinaguide.com /attraction/chongqing/dazu.htm (814 words)

	Dazu Rock Carvings 大足石刻
		The Dazu Rock Carvings, mainly consisting of Buddhist images, are the commented as the “Oriental Carved Bible.” However, there are also separate areas of Confucian and Taoist images, and caves in which the founders of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism are placed together.
		Dazu used to be a prosperous county in the early Tang Dynasty.
		The Dazu Rock Carvings in the steep hillsides of Dazu County contain an exceptional number of rock carvings dating from the 9th to 13th centuries.
	www.china-club.de /english/a_profile__of_china/chongqing_privince/dazu_rock_carvings.html (1508 words)

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		Dazu Rock Carvings is the general name of over 50,000 carved figures of religion in 74 different places within Dazu County.
		Dazu County, located in the southeast of the basin-like Sichuan province, l67 kilometers away from Chongqing to her east, and 27l kilometers away from Chengdu to her west, has the population of over 880,000 and the area of about 1,400 square kilometers.
		Among the carvings at Dazu are two big grottos under state protection--Beishan and Baodingshan--in which most figures are concentrated and, which contain statues and figures of the highest artistic value and most exquisite technique.
	www.ccqtv.com /20040510/49375.shtml (438 words)

	Yangtze River Cruise: Dazu Rock Carvings, Dazu Grottoes, Chongqing Attractions
		Among the mountainous County of Dazu in the southwest of Chongqing, the Dazu Rock Carvings represent the essence of grottoes in later imperial China.
		Carvings of the pieces began in the year of 649, and stayed prosperous in the Song Dynasty (960-1278).
		The Dazu Rock Carvings are as well regarded as the Yungang Caves and Dunhuang Caves, which all represent the essence of Chinese civilization.
	www.yangtzerivertour.com /amaze_yangtze/attraction/city/chongqing/dazu_grottoes.htm (261 words)

	Dazu - tips by travel authority Howard Hillman
		The stone carvings were begun in the 9th century (late Tang Dynasty) and continued into the 13th Century (Song Dynasty).
		The Dazu Rock Carvings are also known as the Dazu Stone Sculptures.
		The Dazu Rock Carvings are in Dazu county, a political unit of the Chongqing municipality.
	www.hillmanwonders.com /china/dazu_rock_carvings.htm (317 words)

	Chinese History
		The Dazu Grottoes are in Dazu County, 165 kilometers from the Chongqing metropolitan area.
		Carved on an 88-square-meter cliff face, the Goddess of Mercy is 7.6 meters high and has 1,007 hands with an eye in each palm.
		The sculptures of the Dazu Grottoes are a shining pearl among the ancient stone sculptures of China.
	www.chinesesoftwareguide.com /chinese/heritage/024.htm (964 words)

	english.eastday.com
		Dubbed as "the latest treasure house of ancient grottoes", the Dazu Rock Carvings are much "younger" than other big-name Chinese grottoes such as Dunhuang, Yungang and Longmen in northern China, but are not less important than their "forerunners" as far as aesthetic qualities and diversity of subject matter are concerned.
		The carving technique and the preaching style of uniting the trinity, namely, Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism, into one were representative of the art of grotto and Buddhism in China at that period, said Guo Xiangying, former director of the Dazu Museum of Rock Carving Art.
		One carving in the grotto depicts the scene of newly born Sakyamuni being bathed by spring water.
	english.eastday.com /epublish/gb/paper1/1309/class000100006/hwz199968.htm (1122 words)

	Dazu pictures and videos on Webshots
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		Dazu: Mules carrying cargo for the restauration of the...
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	www.webshots.com /search?query=Dazu (302 words)

	Chongqing Dazu Rock Carvings
		The Dazu Rock Carvings are an outstanding representative of China's grotto art in the middle and late period of ancient China.
		The Dazu Rock Carvings mainly contain Buddhist statues, but there are also some Taoist, Confucian and historical figures and folk life portraiture.
		The Dazu Rock Carvings serve as records of the multi-culture harmony.
	www.chinaculture.org /gb/en/2003-09/24/content_43702.htm (116 words)

	Buddha Dazu: Song Dynasty Rock Carvings Of Buddha At Baoding Hill
		When we were eventually on the path in front of the Buddha Rock Carvings, I offered to buy a set of postcards from him, on the condition that he would buy them back at half the price.
		The largest stone carving was that of the sleeping Buddha entering the state of Nirvana, but only the upper part of the body was visible, and this was about 100 feet long and 20 feet high, a remarkable piece of workmanship.
		The painted carvings of Buddha Disciples in the upper part of the grotto, which had been afforded some protection from the sunlight by the overhang, were brightly colored, and showed no sign of fading but even without color the carvings would have still been inspiring.
	beifan.com /012dazu/12dazu-buddhas.html (799 words)

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		The earliest group of carvings at Beishan consists of 300 niches with 10,000 statues, primarily Buddhas and Bodhisatvas.
		Baodingshan, around 800 years old, has thirteen groups of carvings with over 10,000 mainly Buddhist figures which are arranged to tell a story.
		Taoism is represented in the carvings at Nanshan, and Shizhuanshan is most notable for the rare coexistence of figures from Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism.
	www.ethereal-infinity.net /AW/dazu.html (228 words)

	Happy Medium Sought for Protection and Development of Culture Relics
		Dazu County is 110 km to the west of Chongqing Municipality.
		As the Dazu Rock Carvings is the only world heritage site in Chongqing Municipality, it faces the problem of trying to maintain a high level of protection for its artifacts with the genuine interest afforded it by the prominent listing.
		According to the curator of Dazu Rock Carvings Museum, the total income of the scenic spot is over 20 million yuan (US$2.4 million), which is three times that of three years ago.
	www.china.org.cn /english/2003/Apr/63534.htm (650 words)

	Dazu Rock Carvings - World Heritage Site - Pictures, info and travel reports
		A trip out to Dazu is a good way of filling a couple of days after you have booked your Yangtse Gorges boat ticket in Chongqing.
		The smallish town is pleasantly situated among fecund Sichuan countryside and the scenery, with its hardworking peasants cultivating every inch of land, provides a pleasant adjunct to visiting the grottoes themselves.
		The grottoes are set at the bottom of a crescent shaped cliff and are unusual in that they were apparently conceived of as a whole and were completed in the relatively short timescale of 70 years from 1179AD.
	www.worldheritagesite.org /sites/dazurockcarvings.html (438 words)

	Dazu China Town, Location Of Buddha Rock Carvings, Journey From Chungking.
		The Dazu China town is famous for the Buddha rock carvings.
		The Dazu road was almost empty for long stretches of our journey, but the drivers of coaches, buses or cars seemed to drive with one hand constantly on the horn.
		On the pavement outside some of the houses on the Dazu road, shallow bamboo skips were layered with quite small, brilliant red chillies drying in the sun, part of the recent harvest.
	beifan.com /012dazu/12dazu-road.html (868 words)

	Dazu Rock Carvings
		In Dazu County, some 165 kilometers away from Chongqing, are more than 40 sites of stone carvings with over 50,000 statues of Buddha completed from the late Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty.
		The cave bearing the openwork octagonal "soul chariot" which symbolizes the eternal turning of the wheel of Buddhist law is the most fantastic piece of work.
		Here, on the cliffs between 15 and 30 meters high, rows upon rows of large-size carvings can be found either on the cliff face or inside the caves.
	www.china.org.cn /english/kuaixun/75136.htm (272 words)

	Global Omniangels China Mount Baoding
		Situated near the city of Chongqing, China, on the steep hillsides of Dazu County, the Dazu Rock Carvings, were comprised of around 50,000 sculptures with inscriptions and epigraphs consisting of more than 100, 000 Chinese characters.
		Although the initial rock carvings occurred during the early Tang Dynasty in 605 ACE, the majority of the rock carvings on Mount Beishan were initiated by Wei Junjing, the Prefect of Changzhou in the late Ninth Century.
		Permission GNU FDL to use Image Dazu Rock Sculptures of Buddha, Kong Zi and Lao Zi, Courtesy of Calton taken in December, 2004 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dazu.jpg].
	www.blessingscornucopia.com /Angels_Angelic_Orders_Global_Omniangels_China_Mount_Baoding.htm (641 words)

	Dazu Rock Carvings, China
		The Dazu rock carvings are a magnificent set of Buddhist cliff sculptures carved in stone in Dazu, Szechuan province, China.
		What makes the Dazu carvings so special is not their scale — they cover small areas compared to those at Datong, Luoyang and Dunhuang — but their quality, state of preservation and variety of subjects and styles.
		All the rock carvings can be viewed in natural light and are connected by walkways and paths.
	www.sacred-destinations.com /china/dazu-rock-carvings.htm?cid=31&id_site=912 (924 words)

	Dazu Rock Carvings: Grottos: Grottoes
		Many of the carvings in Baoding Grotto reflect religious doctrines and another set of carvings reflects Confucianism, specifically filial piety.
		What the carvings offer to visitors is not only the wonderful enjoyment of the magnificent art but a Buddhist teaching like this: One can free himself from earthly worries by self-cultivation and does not need to go beyond his own inner world to find the truth of Buddhism.
		One point to be noted is that the Dazu Grottoes are the only ones that were implemented according to an overall design among over 100 grottoes in China.
	www.cntravel.biz /cityguides/chongqing/dazu_grottoes.htm (398 words)

	China - Dazu Rock Carvings
		The over 50,000 stone carvings on the precipices in Dazu County, Sichuan Province are distributed in 40-odd spots in the North and Holy Summit Mountains and other places.
		Most carvings were done in the Song Dynasty, and some in the Ming and Qing dynasties.
		Besides large and small carvings of Buddha, there are carvings of palaces, birds, animals, landscapes, etc. With perfect workmanship, great variety, and national and popular characteristics, the carvings are distinct in Chinese grotto art, being one of the representatives of later Chinese grottos.
	worldheritage.heindorffhus.dk /frame-ChinaDazu.htm (306 words)

	Dazu Buddhas Crescent, Song Dynasty Rock Carvings At Baoding
		When we were eventually on the path in front of the Rock Carvings, I offered to buy a set of postcards from him, on the condition that he would buy them back at half the price.
		The largest carving is that of the sleeping Buddha entering the state of Nirvana, but only the upper part of the body is visible, and this is about 100 feet long and 20 feet high, a remarkable piece of workmanship.
		Everyday life was also a feature of the carvings, and a group of ten scenes showed the life of a common herdsman, suggesting that Buddhism was not some remote religious belief, but rather a spiritual way of living one's time in this world, in preparation for the next.
	members.fortunecity.com /danrob2/dazu-buddhas.html (558 words)

	The Dazu Rock Carvings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Criterion (i): The Dazu carvings represent the pinnacle of Chinese rock art for their high aesthetic quality and their diversity of style and subject matter.
		Criterion (ii): Tantric Buddhism from India and the Chinese Taoist and Confucian beliefs came together at Dazu to create a highly original and influential manifestation of spiritual harmony.
		The steep hillsides in the Dazu area contain an exceptional series of rock carvings dating from the 9th to 13th centuries.
	www.unesco.org /ext/field/beijing/whc/dazu.htm (169 words)

	China package tour, China Tours, China travel, China Trekking, China Adventure, China Cycling, China Kayaking, Travel ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Dazu Rock Carvngs The work of Dazu Rock Carvings began in the first year of Yonghui in Tang dynasty (650A.D.), and continued until Ming and Qing dynasties.
		Constructed on the basis of the investigation by the Society of Research on Caves under the China Association of Geological Sciences, the cave is rich in natural rocks and other formations.
		Yantai Hill is closed to the sea in the north and connected with the land in the south.
	www.greentrail-indochina.com /china/things_to_see9.htm (1758 words)

	Inside China - UNESCO Recognized World Heritage Sites of China
		Huangshan, known as "the loveliest mountain of China", was acclaimed through art and literature during a good part of Chinese history (the Shanshui "mountain and water" style of the mid-16th century).
		The most remarkable was the Giant Buddha of Leshan, carved out of a hillside in the 8th century and looking down on the confluence of three rivers.
		Dazu is about a 4 hour drive north from Chongqing, which is itself the starting point for most Yangzi River cruises along the three gorges.
	www.imperialtours.net /heritage.htm (2578 words)

	Stone Carvings in Dazu County - China Travel Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		In Dazu county of Chongqing city, reputed as Land of Stone Sculptures, there are more than 50,000 stone sculptures scattered in 40 places.
		In 1999, the Dazu Stone Sculptures was declared the World Cultural And Natural Heritage by the UNESCO Heritage Committee.
		North Hill: The cliffs at Fowan covered with stone carvings along its 250 meter length are honey-combed with niches.
	www.uvista.com /en/chongqing/stone-carvings-in-dazu-county.htm (319 words)

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