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Dazu rock carving has been classified as UNESCO World Heritage, Chongqing, China
The Giant Sitting Buddha Statue of Leshan, China is a captivating historical landmark of the region. It's 71-metres tall (233 ft) and was built between 713 and 803 AD. The statue is one of the largest Buddha statues in the world and experiences a great amount of tourism annually. Visitors can view the statue from the top of the mountain, take stairs down to ground level, and catch a scenic cruise that props visitors right in front of it. What a marvel!
Buddha statue portrait in Dazu rock carving, Chongqing, China. Background image with copy space for text
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Ancient Statue of Guan Yu, Wuhou Memorial, Three Kingdoms, Temple, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. This is a famous historical site in China built in the 16 and 1700s.
Yungang Grottoes
Luoyang, China - October 31. 2011: Buddha portrait in Longmen Grottoes. China. The grottoes were built over the period from 493 AD to 1127 AD
Close-up of the 13.7-meter-tall colossal Buddha of Cave 20, an icon of Chinese art, excavated from the sandstone cliff at Yungang Grottoes, ancient Chinese Buddhist temple grottoes built during the Northern Wei dynasty near the city of Datong, in the province of Shanxi. They are excellent examples of rock-cut architecture and one of the three most famous ancient Buddhist sculptural sites of China. The others are Longmen and Mogao.
Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China
Smiling face of ancient native statue in Wat Pho, Thailand.
Longmen Grottoes with Buddha's figures are Starting with the Northern Wei Dynasty in 493 AD. It is one of the four notable grottoes in China.
Guanyin Statue at Xichan Temple, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province
The 71m tall Giant Buddha (Dafo), carved out of the mountain in the 8th century CE in Leshan, Sichuan province, China
Yungang Grottoes
Huayan Temple, National Cultural Protection Bureau, Datong City, Shanxi Province, China
Luoyang bridge in Quanzhou, China, which is the oldest stone bridge in China.
Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China
Usuki, Japan - May 1, 2023: Detail of one of the Usuki Stone Buddhas. They are a set of sculptures carved in rock during the 12th century in Usuki, Japan.
The Leshan Giant Buddha or Leshan Grand Buddha near Chengdu in Sichuan Province, China. View of the Buddha's head. This is the tallest stone Buddha statue in the world.
A Terracotta soldier on display at the vast Terracotta Soldiers excavation site just outside of Xian.
Chongqing City, China - March 15, 2018: Dazu Rock Carvings are cliff carvings from the late Tang and early Song dynasties, with Buddhist themes.
World Cultural Heritage Site Yungang Grottoes in Datong City, Shanxi Province, China
Giant Buddha niche at Yungang Grottoes, ancient Chinese Buddhist temple grottoes built during the Northern Wei dynasty near the city of Datong, in the province of Shanxi. They are excellent examples of rock-cut architecture and one of the three most famous ancient Buddhist sculptural sites of China. The others are Longmen and Mogao.
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Sculptures carved into the rock at the archaeological site of Unakoti in the state of Tripura. India.
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Leshan Grand Giant Buddha statue in Sichuan province China
The Longmen Grottoes, located on bothsides of the Yi River to the south of the ancient capital of Luoyang, Henan province, comprise more than 2,300 caves and niches carved into the steep limestone cliffs over a 1km long stretch. These contain almost 110,000 Buddhist stone statues, more than 60 stupas and 2,800 inscriptions carved on steles. The grottoes and niches of Longmen contain the largest and most impressive collection of Chinese art of the late Northern Wei and Tang Dynasties (316-907). These works, entirely devoted to the Buddhist religion, represent the high point of Chinese stone carving. Here is the beautifl stone carvings of all kinds of Buddist figures.
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