The two hour drive northwest of Chongqing is well worth it when you get to explore the Dazu Grottoes, often considered some of the finnest Buddist cave sculptures in China. The term "Dazu Rock Carvings" encompasses over 100 cliff carvings containing 60,000 sculptures spread over 76 different places in Dazu County. Baoding Grotto is the largest and best taken care of site (thus under state protection). The craftsmanship of the carvings is generally best at Baoding and also at Beishan, both are 15 kilometres northeast of the county seat. The Dazu carvings were begun in the late Tang Dynasty (618 to 907) and continued in the Song Dynasty (960 to 1127).

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