Chongqing Dazu Rock Carving - the Eternal Art in China

Maybe you have visited the Longmen Grottoes and the Yungang Grottoes, but have you enjoyed the tour to Chongqing and see the Dazu Rock Carving Buddha? Famous for the North Dunhuang and South Dazu, the Dazu Rock Carving sits at the Dazu County of Chongqing. After the reform and open in China, the surround of Dazu carvings was built with roads, so the invasion from abroad and the inner the Great Cultural Revolution had no chance to destroy it. During 800 years, the carvings were protected very well, the various statues in different sizes also are best preserved. I come here to wash my heart and pray for peace for our family.

Dazu Rock Carving is not only a spot, but also the general title of the grottoes bas-reliefs on precipices in Dazu County, these grottoes are distributed in east, west, south and north in this county, and the Baodingshan, Beishan, Nanshan, Shimenshan and Shizhuanshan grottoes are the symbols of the Dazu Rock Carvings with a certain size, most valuable and elegant carvings. Dazu carving was created in the late of Tang Dynasty, but thrived in Song Dynasty, focuses on the Buddhist statue, also Confucianist statue and Taoist statue coexist, is the outstanding work of grotto arts in later period. It is hard to imagine the craftsmen and ancestors have such skillful technology and attainments. The characteristic of Dazu carving is it is extremely close to life, every Buddha figure has the sign of common people, and dimly reveals the gradual trend of Chinese religions.

Baodingshan Carvings

The most famous statue in Baodingshan Mountain is the Thousand-Hand Kwan-yin Statue, it is the real Kwan-yin with thousand-hand. These hands seem like the peacock spreads its tail skillfully distributed in the cliffstone which covers an area of 88 square meters, and all hands are different, with no one identical. Come to Baodingshan Mountain, never miss the pinnacle of Dazu Rock Carving in Song Dynasty - Yuanjue Cave. In the entrance of the cave, there is a doughty stone lion, and various statues in cave were carved subtly, their clothes seem like the silk and the bases seem like the woodcarvings. The high Huayan Three Statues stand close to the cliff, the skillfully mechanical structure let the stone tower standing on the hand of Manjusri still stands there after thousand years.

The lunar February 19, June 19 and September 19 in every year, they are the time for grand Baoding Pilgrim Association, and the devotees to the Buddha from different places of China come to here to worship Buddha. But if you like the quiet environment, you have chance to avoid the crowds. Dazu County also aperiodically holds the Dazu Rock Carvings Festival, if you are lucky as me you would enjoy the large performance of dancing and singing besides the grand carvings during the tour here.

In Autumn Chongqing Make You Have a Deep Trip

Entering in November, Chongqing is full of the views of red leaves. For me living in the south China, it is a little unfamiliar. Chongqing has various sites to enjoy the beautiful autumn, besides the already famous Three Gorges red leaves, still there are many silent holy land for enjoying red leaves during the tour.
The best time to enjoy the red leaves in Three Gorges is November, and the gathering place of red leaves is the Wushan section. When the ship went to the Wushan Mountain section, the grand and magnificent red color comes slowly.

Firstly, the both sides are the yellow mingled in green, and gradually turn to the small and light red points and the green, yellow and red connect together, such beautiful! Shipping on the Wu Gorge slowly, pack off a painting of view just now and receive another unlimited charm, too many beautiful things to see. Leaning on the side of ship, only see the autumn sun lazily spreading into the both green valleys, made the red maples brighter. That kind of color cannot be blended by painting. Along Yangtze River, red becomes the dominant tune in sight. The thin fog enshrouding on river passes through the long corridor of beautiful views. Enjoying red leaves in fog, suddenly miss the direction.

Jinfoshan Mountain is famous as the Vegetable Kingdom, the peculiar plants show their beauties in autumn, shape the swinging Jinfoshan Colorful Forest. Taking cable car soaring above the forest, seems like staying among vaults, the beauty of human fairyland is merely thus. In the riotous profusion, overlook the colorful forest from the cable car, have no idea about the tree, mountain and the fog, just like the fairyland.

The red leaf in Shizhu Huangshui is always the focus of people. Climbing to the top of Dafengbao in the altitude of 1,934 meters to look around, the autumn mountain likes rosy cloud, the blue sky likes jade, clean water likes wine, all mountains are dyed to red color. From high point, the whole mountain is surrounded by layers of red leaves in fixed position. After a piece of wind, large-scale leaves drifting profusely dancing in every corner. Passionate and open! Besides the red leaves, the golden gingko often flies in the groups of hills, likes a ball of sunshine, wandering in the gingko forest, addicting into the golden sea.

Red leaf is the symbol of autumn, different places have their different autumns, and the red leaves are famous the unique characteristics different from each other.

Huge Changes of Spots in Chongqing – the Mountain City in China

According to my experience, no matter where you visit along the Yangtze River Cruise , all should to go abroad at Chaotianmen in Chongqing. The present Chaotianmen is rebuilt to be a beautiful modern wharf, it is easy to enjoy its shape and outline from the opposite bank, and the beautiful Chaotianmen Square is the bow deck. But, it is a long distance before getting abroad. In 1993, I wandered before the wharf and staggered to run down a steep hill, and stepped on the soft wet sand to walked to the ship after 100 meters, and last got up to an old passenger ship. It was a bad memory as the mussy wharf and the shabby ship.

The people who had saw the brochure of Chongqing would not ignore the symbol - the Great Hall of People of Chongqing. Its exterior was imitated from the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, steel frame and wooden dome. Depend on the architectural level in 1950s, it really is a marvelous building. Nowadays, the People's Square is built in the front of the Great Hall of People, although not very large, it is very good in this golden area.

Previously, the best place to enjoy the famous night view of Chongqing is the Eling, to climb to a thin squarer, what worth to enjoy only were the lights on the Liangjiang Bridge and the lamps of families in Yuzhong District. If the mood of heaven is not good, the hiking is in vain. Now, there are various spots to enjoy the night views, especially the Yikeshu. Yikeshu is a name of place, has a viewing deck which covers an area of 400 square meters, and also set the viewing bars. It takes all the advantages of place, sits at the curve of hill and the corner of south bank. The river under foot likes the U, and the lamps in Yuzhong District seem like the oval face of beautiful girl, slightly raises, glorious! Bundles of searchlighting are lithe and graceful dancing in sky. Carefully seek, the high buildings are easily to distinguish, Pedestrian Street is enveloped by the lights hardly to see the groups of people, everything seems like in fairyland, wonderful!

What the most famous in Chongqing is the red revolution education trip. Three Gorges Museum, the Eight Route Army stationed in Chongqing office, Hongyan Village, Bai Mansion and Refuse Pit, which impressed to me is the prison in Bai Mansion. Without the introduction, I never would imagine to the bloody massacre. A old man told me the prisoners have chance to read books here, I was surprised, and he said the prisoners here were not the ordinary people, need not to fuss.
In the evening, get down to the bank of Jialingjiang River to taste the local delicious foods in any shops, it is enough to kill the tire in this day.