About this place
An extraordinary series of cliffside religious carvings dating from the 9th to 13th centuries, blending Buddhist, Taoist and Confucian iconography — UNESCO World Heritage and the finest surviving example of late Chinese cave temple art. The centerpiece Thousand-Hand Guanyin at Baodingshan has 830 actual gilded hands carved across 88 square meters of cliff face.
Drifter says
"High-speed rail arrives at Dazu South Station — you will need a taxi or local bus to the actual site, about 40 to 50 minutes and 80 RMB. Plan this commute into your day. Focus entirely on Baodingshan — the 500-meter cliff face contains an unbroken narrative sequence of carvings w..."