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Private tourOnly your group will participate
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Overview
Visit highlights of Chongqing Dazu Rock Carvings including Baoding Mountain Carved Stone area and Dazu Roce Carvings Beishan Site with this private Dazu day tour. You will be picked up and dropped off from your Chongqing hotel
What's included
The private car & private driver
The entrance tickets
The Lunch
Air-conditioned vehicle
What to expect
The Dazu Rock Carvings
2h · Admission ticket included
Today, you will go to Dazu County for a whole day of sightseeing Baodingshan and Beishan area(your guide will meet you at 08:30 in your hotel lobby). This is the birthplace of the amazing Dazu rock carvings, which were created from the late Tang dynasty (618~907) to the early Song dynasty (960~1127).
With the theme of Buddhism, the Dazu cliffside carvings are distributed in Beishan, Baodingshan, Nanshan, Shimenshan and Shizhuanshan. You will spend the day visiting the Baodingshan carvings located about 527 meters above sea level. It consists mainly of the Dafowan rock carvings area and the Xiaofowan rock carvings area.
There are about 10,000 statues of Buddha carved on the 500 meter cliff in the U-shaped Dafowan. It is said to be a long narrative mural with plenty of commentary but no repeated content. When the tour ends, you will drive you back to your Chongqing hotel.
Baoding Mountain Carved Stone
2h · Admission ticket included
Today, our guide will accompany you to tour the well-preserved Baodingshan Carvings. There are green buses taking you to Baodingshan directly. You will see that mountain cliffs are densely scattered with Buddhist and Taoist statues as well as celebrity figures from the late Tang Dynasty (618 - 907). You can wander at your own pace to have a close look at the precious grotto art. After the tour, a bumper lunch will be served at a fancy restaurant so that you can taste authentic Chongqing cuisines. After a short break, you will be transferred back to Beishan site for a further exploration of the Dazu Rock Carvings.
Dazu Rock Carvings Beishan Site
1h · Admission ticket included
After 30 mins driving from Baodingshan area, we will reach the Beishan site which is located 2 km away from north Dazu County, Chongqing. It started carving in 892 during Tang Dynasty and then from the Five Dynasties to South Song Dynasty. The whole project last for 250 years and there was carved over 10,000 Buddhas’ statues at Fowan, Yinpang Slope, Guanyin Slope, Beita Temple, Foer and other places. The most concentrated statues is in Fowan, which has 290 grottoes. At the 300 meters long, 7 meters high cliff, there are 6 upright stone tablets, 55 prefaces and statue inscriptions, 8 Jingchuangs, 1 intaglio and 264 grottoes.
Meeting and pickup
Pickup details
We can pick up at train station if your train arrival before 11am.
Additional information
Specialized infant seats are available
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
We can start the tour from airport or train station if your flight/train arrival before 11am.
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
