Dazu Rock Carvings
E192028
The Dazu Rock Carvings are a renowned series of Chinese religious cliffside sculptures and inscriptions dating from the 9th to 13th centuries, celebrated for their artistic sophistication and integration of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist themes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dazu Rock Carvings canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist art site
ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ cultural heritage site ⓘ rock carving complex ⓘ |
| artStyle |
Chinese religious sculpture
ⓘ
polychrome rock relief ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | well-preserved ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| endTime | 13th century ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Baodingshan site
ⓘ
Beishan site ⓘ Nanshan site ⓘ Beishan site ⓘ
surface form:
Shimenshan site
Shizhuanshan site ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| inscriptionsLanguage | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| knownFor |
detailed narrative reliefs
ⓘ
high artistic quality ⓘ integration of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist themes ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chongqing
ⓘ
Dazu District ⓘ southwestern China ⓘ |
| materialUsed | sandstone ⓘ |
| notableWork | Thousand-Hand Guanyin carving at Baodingshan ⓘ |
| numberOfCarvedFigures | over 50000 ⓘ |
| numberOfInscriptionCharacters | over 100000 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Chinese Buddhism
ⓘ
surface form:
Chinese Buddhist grotto tradition
|
| religiousTradition |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Confucianism ⓘ Taoism ⓘ |
| significantPeriod |
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
ⓘ
surface form:
Five Dynasties period
Tang dynasty ⓘ
surface form:
Late Tang dynasty
Song dynasty ⓘ |
| startTime | 9th century ⓘ |
| theme |
Buddhist doctrine
ⓘ
Confucian ethics ⓘ Taoist cosmology ⓘ filial piety ⓘ hell scenes ⓘ karma and retribution ⓘ paradise scenes ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory | Cultural ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria |
(i)
ⓘ
(ii) ⓘ (iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ (vi) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageListingYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId | 912 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.