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What Buddha statues are there in Dazu Stone Carving?

Dazu stone carvings include avalokitesvara with thousands of hands, three sacred statues of Hua Yan, the statue of protector, the statue of Amitabha threatening avalokitesvara, and the statue of King Earth Zang and Bodhisattva. Dazu Stone Carving Tourist Attraction is a religious cliff carving in the late Tang Dynasty and early Song Dynasty, with Buddhist themes as the main theme, especially the cliff statues in Beishan Mountain and Baoding Mountain, which is the most famous ancient stone carving art in China. The cliff statue in Beishan is about 300 meters long and is a national key cultural relic protection unit and a world cultural heritage. The statue was first excavated in the first year of Jingfu at the end of the Tang Dynasty (AD 892), and it lasted for more than 250 years, after the completion of the Later Liang Dynasty, the Later Tang Dynasty, the Later Jin Dynasty, the Later Han Dynasty, and the Last Friday to the Southern Song Dynasty (1 162). There are more than 4,600 existing sculptures, which are outstanding representatives of the late grotto art in China.

Dazu, known as "Haitang Guo Xiang" in ancient times, is located in the northwest of Chongqing, which is the world-famous hometown of stone carving. Dazu stone carving is the general name of cliff stone carving in its territory. There are more than 70 stone carvings, totaling 65,438+10,000, of which Baodingshan and Beishan stone carvings are the most famous and the best preserved. Dazu stone carving was founded in the late Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Song Dynasty. Mainly Buddhist statues, Confucianism and Taoism coexist. Beautiful and dazzling, it truly embodies the historical integration of foreign Buddhist culture and China's traditional Confucianism and Taoism, and embodies the core values of loyalty, filial piety, integrity, propriety and righteousness of the Chinese nation. Up to now, it has affected China and infected the world. It is an outstanding masterpiece of China's late grotto art.