Day 5 - CHANGSHOU- DAZU - Beishan Rock Carving tour

After visiting the Dazu rock carvings, we proceed by bus to the next rock carvings at Beishan.

The Beishan Rock Carvings are UNESCO world heritage located in Dazu. The site featured about 10,000 buddhist sculptures housed in caves.

Local guide giving us a tour and talked about the history of Beishan Rock Carvings.

 

Day 5 - CHANGSHOU- DAZU - Dazu Rock Carvings.

• The Dazu Stone Carvings. The well-preserved carvings are representative of an ancient Chinese art tradition. They are also a very important position in the religious, artistic and cultural history of China. The largest, richest and most exquisite collection of statues is at the foot of Baoshan Hill.

A local guide explaining the history of the rock carvings.

Listed as a World Heritage Site in 1999, the Dazu Rock Carvings are made up of 75 protected sites containing some 50,000 statues, with over 100,000 Chinese characters forming inscriptions and epigraphs. (Source)

Day 5 - Changzhou to Dazu - Lunch

Before heading to our next sightseeing in Dazu, we had lunch in this restaurant. Outside the restaurant are some stalls selling local fruits. We bought some especially the oranges were very sweet.

Again a big feast of many dishes for lunch hahaha

Pigs  trotters

I put on some weight after my whole trip kekeke.