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Rock Carvings, Baodingshan, Dazu, China
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Rock Carvings, Baodingshan, Dazu, China
Close-up of the carving knows as Shakyamuni Repays His Parents Kindness.The colossal statue of Shakyamuni, overlooks a relief that illustrates twelve instances of Buddhist filial piety, taken from various sutras and jatakas. Its intent, is both moralistic (to illustrate the benefits of filial piety) and propagandistic (to prove that Chinese Buddhists can be as filial as anyone else).The Dazu rock carvings, one of Chinas most impressive UNESCO World Heritage Sites, are situated between Chengdu and Chongqing in the southern part of China, in Sichuan Province.The carvings at Dazu are a most beautiful form of rock art and symbolise the integration of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism, the 3 main religions of China. Besides images of the Buddha, the carvings show different people including ministers, military officers, executioners, monks, rich and poor people, and performers. The carvings date from the 9th to 13th centuries.Baodingshan is the most visited grotto in Dazu, and has the best preserved sculptures. It was here that between 1174 and 1252 the Buddhist monk Zhao Zhifeng ordered the start of work on the elaborate carvings along a 500-meter U-shaped section of Mount Baoding. They show the implementation of Buddhist ideas in daily life as represented by Tantric Buddhism
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