Dazu Rock Carvings / Time is silent, only the stones can speak

The World Cultural Heritage Dazu Rock Carvings are located in Dazu District, Chongqing City, which were started in the early Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Five Dynasties and the Two Song Dynasties, and continued until the Ming and Qing Dynasties, lasting for more than a thousand years; represented by the grottoes of Baoding Mountain, Beishan, Nanshan, Shimen Mountain, and Shizhuan Mountain, among which the statues of Baoding Mountain and Beishan are exquisite and concentrated, with the largest scale, and also the location of the scenic area. The Dazu Rock Carvings, with their distinctive characteristics of nationalization, secularization, and life, have become a model of Chinese-style grotto art! The world-class great miracles are often completed with the promotion of the ruling class, but the glory of the Dazu Rock Carvings belongs to the people! The craftsmen completed the magnificent works of art with folk power, and the chief designer behind them was a nameless monk - Zhao Zhifeng.