Water Bowl (on & often off)
Baoding-Carving_240-S
Great treasure of masterpieces dated 9th century to 13th century. The grand masters and their disciples took decades to century to complete pieces on a cliff face 3 to 7 storey high. Quite often such task, the master who started off never live long enough to see his complete creation. This small group of rock carving is from the late Tang dynasty in Dazu, Baoding Shan. There are about 70 over such sites small to large collection scattered around Dazu county, 160km west of Chongqing, China. Baoding is among the best collection and still well preserved. The intricate face features are still intact except the coat of original coloured paint is gone or faded off.
I have been to another ancient great rock carving site stretching 1km long, 10 storey high, called Longmen in Louyang, but they are in a very sad condition except the very large one. This collection in Dazu is small and excellent.
Baoding-Carving_240-S
Great treasure of masterpieces dated 9th century to 13th century. The grand masters and their disciples took decades to century to complete pieces on a cliff face 3 to 7 storey high. Quite often such task, the master who started off never live long enough to see his complete creation. This small group of rock carving is from the late Tang dynasty in Dazu, Baoding Shan. There are about 70 over such sites small to large collection scattered around Dazu county, 160km west of Chongqing, China. Baoding is among the best collection and still well preserved. The intricate face features are still intact except the coat of original coloured paint is gone or faded off.
I have been to another ancient great rock carving site stretching 1km long, 10 storey high, called Longmen in Louyang, but they are in a very sad condition except the very large one. This collection in Dazu is small and excellent.