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UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE
SITE DAZU, CHONGQING PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
The Dazu Rock Carvings are a
series of Chinese religious sculptures that were begun in the mid-7th
century during the early Tang Dynasty, with the bulk of the 50,000
carvings and 100,000 Chinese characters forming inscriptions and epigraphs
being completed during the late Tang period in the late 9th
century.
In 1999 the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) listed the Dazu
Rock Carvings as a World Heritage Site, stating that, "The Dazu Rock
Carvings are remarkable for their aesthetic quality, their rich diversity
of subject matter, both secular and religious, and the light that they
shed on everyday life in China during this period. They provide
outstanding evidence of the harmonious synthesis of Buddhism, Taoism and
Confucianism."[i]
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Some of these national cultural
treasures from the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Dazu, Chongqing, People’s
Republic of China will be exhibited in the United States. These
exquisite relics represent Buddhist, Taoist and Confucian art from the
Northern Song (AD 960 -1126); Southern Song (AD 1174-1252); Ming (AD 1368
- 1644) and Qing (AD 1644 - 1911) dynasties.
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