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CHINA
The Dazu Rock Carvings are a series of Chinese religious
Dazu Rock Carvings sculptures and carvings located in Dazu District, Chongqing,

The county of rock carving China. The carvings

date back as far as the 7th century AD, depicting and
have more than 50000 statues influenced by Buddhist, Confucian and Taoist beliefs. Some

and over 100000 Chinese are in rockcut cave shrines, in the usual Chinese Buddhist

characters of inscriptions and style, but many others are rock reliefs carved into the open

epigraphs rock faces. Among the rock carvings, there are more than

Year of Inscription: 1999 50000 statues and over 100000 Chinese characters of
inscriptions and epigraphs.

⼤⾜⽯刻 ⼤⾜⽯刻

Dazu Rock Carvings Dazu Rock Carvings

(中国 China: 2002) (中国 China: 2002