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Above the sea level 580 meters, Baodingshan is northeast to Dazu county. Centered around Great and small Buddha Crescents (Dafowan and Xiaofowan),there are over 10,000 statuary figures allover all over the area of about 5 square li. The Great Buddha Crescent is 500 meters in circumference, the height of some than 20 meters, Together there are 31 groups of statues on the east, south and north sides of the cliffs. Rock Carvings there, under the supervision of a native Buddhist monk Zhao Zhifeng ,were executed for over 70 years during the southern Song dynasty and constructed in accordance with the physical features of the height . Thousands of statues , each with a different theme but coherent content , constitute a picture scroll with various inscriptions . Such a huge ritual site of Tantric Buddhism can scarcely be found in the grotto art our country. The vivid and lifelike statuary figures of Buddhism at Great Buddha Crescent , compared with those in the past , became more secularized and Sinicized , and they are ¡°Chinese pure and simple ¡°, pictures of Loving Parents Sutra , which have profoundly reflected the ethics of Buddhism , depict the very detail of how parents raise their children . Pictures of All evils in the hell of which the figures of drunkards are vividly shown expose the wickedness of human beings. The pastoral life with Oriental style can also be seen from the 10 groups of pictures of cattle raising. Avalokitesvara with One Thousand Arms has 1,007 arms in all which occupy an area or 88 square meters and stretch out of the cliff as if the tail of a peacock in full display. The miracle of Buddhist art in the world as well as the largest Avlokitesvara of this kind in China, the whole carvings if full of grandeur and magnificence. The 31-meter-long Sakyamuni Entering Nirvana (also called the sleeping Buddha) is the longest bust picture of story, succeeds in having the dragons bathe the prince all the year round.Nine Dragons Bathing the Prince, a lasting superb which has combined the natural running water with Buddhist scripture story, succeeds in having the prince all the year round. The grotto of Ritual Site for Full Enlightenment (also called Cave of full enlightenment) is 6.02 meters high, 9.55 meters wide and 12.13 meters deep. Besides the well-preserved exquisite and delicate statues, the cave is unique in that it has been superbly constructed with abundant light ,fine sound and superior drainage ,the combination of science and art being doubtlessly the summit of Dazu rock carvings. |
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