Da Tuc stone carvings

The Unesco Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization has recognized the Chinese Dudan Stone Carving as a World Cultural Heritage in 1999.

Daxing stone carvings are located in Daxing District of Chongqing City, China, about 163 km from the city center. The first stone statues carved here are around the end of the Tang Dynasty. The system of stone statues here is China's art treasure with more than 5 ten thousand statues carved out of stone, distributed in more than 40 locations in Dai Tuc district, of which are mainly Buddhist statues. then followed by Taoism and Confucianism .

Among the eight major caves in the world that are included in the list of world cultural heritages, there are 4 caves in China that are Mac Cao cave, Long Mon cave, Van Cuong cave in the North and Dai stone carving. Tuc is located in the south. Experts believe that Dai Tuc stone carvings represent the world's most highly qualified cave art from the 9th to the 13th centuries. Some stone statues in Dai Tuc district are also the final works. of a historical stage of the development of Chinese Buddhist art. Three Mac Cao, Van Cuong and Long Mon caves are a bit earlier than Dai Tuc caves, and in the Tang dynasty, the year 650 began to be implemented.

The Guan Yin statue with 1007 arms called Tian Xia wonders and the giant Guan Yin Buddha statue in Dai Tuc district.

In the Dai Tuc stone carving complex, there is a very special Quan Am statue . The statue has 1007 arms, called Heavenly wonder . Statue of Quan is a thousand hands, normally only 10 arms, while the statue of Quan Am at Dai Du is carved with 1007 arms. The ancient carvers carved a statue of over a thousand hands with odd numbers because they wanted the viewers to believe that Guan Yin was capable of doing everything and had boundless magic.

In Dai Tuc next to the Buddha statues there are many statues with special designs different from the culture close to people's life.

Not only are the beautiful and unique statues, to Dai Tuc also feel the atmosphere of a sacred land. Besides, Dai Tuc stone carving architecture also shows the skillful use of scientific principles such as force, optics, and physics to take advantage of natural conditions from water sources, lava . making beautiful statues, considered as artworks in Túc.

Although more than 800 years have passed with many wars, this cultural heritage is still a civilized light of a period, which is a testament to the ingenuity and skill of craftsmen nearly a thousand years ago. year.

Dai Tuc stone carvings are mainly concentrated on Bao Dinh and Bac Son cliffs, large-scale and sophisticated sculpture, the forms of 5 thousand statues here are also extremely rich. The common transmission of the statues has a common characteristic of " The goddess, divine person ". Of the 13 landscapes at Dai Tuc, the Great Buddha Bay is the biggest landmark with the highest artistic value and is specially cared for in this statue. Vinh Dai Buddha is a cliff-shaped cliff, about 500m long, 15-30m wide with more than 1 ten thousand large and small statues and a stele recording the history of the statue on Bao Dinh Mountain and the history of Buddhism.

With more than 5 thousand exquisite carved statues, up to now on February 19, June 19 and September 19 of the lunar year . thousands of people still flock here to burn incense and cultivate the scene. Bao Dinh Son . This is also one of the most attractive tourist attractions in Chongqing, China.