Dazu Grottoes is located in Dazu County, Sichuan Province, 165 kilometers away from Chongqing. County in the late Tang to Song Dynasty stone a total of 40 locations with more than 50,000 statues statue, of which Kitayama and Baoding Hill 2, the largest and most comprehensive art of the most exquisite, and the world-famous Yungang Grottoes in Shanxi Province, Datong, Luoyang, Longmen Grottoes tripartite balance the three competing to match. Therefore, Dazu County, known as "stone town" of the reputation and Kitayama, Baoding Mountain there are two "art treasure house," said.
Kitayama, the ancient name of Longgang mountain, two kilometers away from the county seat. Late Tang Dynasty, there was a separatist Dongchuan of Chang Jing Wei Jun Zhou Cishi stored grain stationed themselves the "Yongchang Village." Gyeongbokgung first year of the late Tang Dynasty, Wei Jun Jing in the Walled wall inside the West Tsui (now Kitayama Buddha Beach) first excavated statues. Since then, local officials, gentry, monks and nuns and other steps Wei after the operation one after another at their own expense statues, until the Southern Song Dynasty Shaoxing years, which lasted 250 years completed. The stone, like carving fine, vivid, full of charm. Early Chinese statues of Guanyin, the general male to appear solemn and quiet serious, sat, and after the Goddess of Mercy here in the late Tang, but very different, to woman's face appeared, and has been secularized, the United States with a human face.
Kitayama a lot of stone statues, most of Buddhist figures and legends, one of the most exciting to be considered as a "mind cars Cave." The cave was built in Song Dynasty Shaoxing 12 years to 16 years, the cave hollow center is eight columns of the mind cars, both as a symbol of the Wheel of Dharma turn, heighten the atmosphere of the Buddhist doctrine, another supporting Grottoes role. Cave center of the Sakyamuni Buddha, carved wall around the sides and Manjusri, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva statue more than 20. Fugen is a cave carved in the finest shape, the most beautiful Buddha image, known as "Oriental Venus." She fine-featured, delicate skin moisture, gentle demure, elegant and generous, is a typical oriental beauty image of women. In the Fugen next to the sculpture of the pull of a short and thick like those who, by the use of lining techniques to bring down his eyebrows carved shaft, ring eye staring eyes, temperament rough Xiong Shen, who was afraid of seeing anyone. In contrast, a gentle, a Xiongsha has really Creative design.
If we say that the stone Kitayama mainly exquisite delicate, impressive and vivid, then the Baoding Hill stone addition, but also for its magnificent, majestic, but amazing. Baoding Mountain is located 15 kilometers northeast of Dazu County. Here is a Song dynasty monk Zhao Feng stone dug over, and it took 70 years ago has been 800 years of history. Baoding Mountain a few kilometers around the statues are a total of more than 1 statue. The main sections in the Big Buddha Bay, where statues of the most beautiful and best preserved. Big Buddha Bay is a horseshoe-shaped mountain of Shenyou Bay, about 500 meters, rock surface is about 15-30 m, an increase of large statues were carved in cliffs or caves, the closely linked to spectacular.
Big Buddha Bay in the middle there is a "Nirvana Buddha shrines map." Nirvana, the Buddhist language, is "dead" means. Carved Buddha in the side like a half-length release Jia Ni, almost occupy the entire North Cliff, Buddha 31 meters long, only the current upper body, lower body, hidden in the rocks, this is intended to sum less than the performance of methods Meaningful savings, the introduction of reveries, more shows that the great Buddha. Buddha's Nirvana, like face a quiet kind, the two heads Wei Zheng, custard apple Mieduo expression before, performance was quite successful. Half a dozen former disciple of Buddha, such as pouring the plains, fragrant fruit, cakes and sweetmeats Baozhu hands and clothes. Niches in the top of the cliff of the smoke, engraved with the female nine days, physiognomy, Xiang-li, form a beautiful bouquet dedication. Golden shrine statues like some days of Yang, welcome and send off an atmosphere of Buddha ascended to heaven.
Known as the ding-dong Yuanjue highest mountain stone is carved from a piece of stone the entire cave, is the largest flat-topped Wanli Buddha Cave. Cave 6 meters in height and 9 meters wide, 12 meters deep, carved wall niches are three seated Buddha, carved wall about 12 Yuanjue Buddha Diezuo on the stage, all the statues preserved. Sculpting technique delicate mellow, handsome characters solemn, delicate clothing pattern crown China and the United States, clothing, and muscle texture is very strong, there is almost no traces of stone. Especially in the hole above the window opening day of light, not only increased the intensity inside the cave, but also so that there are times light and dark grottoes, statues showing that three-dimensional feeling, enhances the artistic effect.
Dazu Rock Carvings, to carved, ruggedness, there are caused by known, statues everywhere, have the charm of moving our country's treasure house of ancient stone carving in a bright pearl.
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