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General information
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| Chongqing, China |
Program details
As famous as the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, the Dazu Rock Carvings are very distinguished both at home and abroad. Take the full day private tour to learn and discover the famous Dazu Rock Carvings built from 650 in the Tang Dynasty and continued to the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty.The full day private tour starts at approximately 08:30 am at your hotel lobby. Drive around 2 hours to the Dazu County which is about 167 kilometers from Chongqing on its east and visit the excellent representation of Chinese grotto art. Dazu Rock Carvings contains all the cliffside carvings in Dazu County. Among the rock carvings, there are more than 50,000 statues and over 100,000 Chinese characters of inscriptions and epigraphs. The most representative two major sites are Beishan Rock Carving (North Hill) and Baodingshan Rock Carving (Baoding Hill). You will see the graceful statue of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva in Beishan to feel the common Buddhist faith, and discover 13 groups of differently shaped stone carving figures in Baoding Hill located about 527 meters above sea level. Listen to your guide’s professional narration of the profound history and explore the fascinating grotto art of Rock Carvings. After the full-day Rock Carvings exploration, you will be transfer back to Chongqing and dropped-off at downtown hotel.
Meeting/pick-up point: Pick up hotels in Chongqing.
Duration: 8 hours.
Start/opening time: 9am.
-End/closing time: 5pm.
Languages: English.
Others: Tour operates daily.