大足石刻.docx

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Simple introduction
(物件)the Dazu Rock Carvings are made up of 75 protected sites containing some 50,000 statues, with over 100,000 Chinese characters forming inscriptions and epigraphs. （地址）The sites are located in Chongqing Municipality within the steep hillsides throughout Dazu County, located about 60 kilometers west of the urban area of Chongqing. It includes Mount Beishan, Mount Baodingshan, Mount Nanshan, Mount Shizhuan, Mount Shimen and the highlights of the rock grotto are found on Mount Baoding and Mount Beishan.
（时间）The Dazu Rock Carvings are a series of Chinese religious sculptures and carvings, dating back as far as the 7th century AD, The earliest carvings were begun in 650 AD during the early Tang Dynasty, but the main period of their creation began in the late 9th century, when Wei Junjing, Prefect of Changzhou, pioneered the carvings on Mount Beishan, and his example was followed after the collapse of the Tang Dynasty by local and gentry, monks and nuns, and ordinary people during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period (907-65). In the 12th century, during the Song Dynasty, a Buddhist monk named Zhao Zhifeng began work on the elaborate sculptures and carvings on Mount Baoding, dedicating 70 years of his life to the project.
宝顶卧佛是宝顶大佛湾最大的一尊造像，也是大足石刻最大的一尊造像。全长31米。这尊佛像是横卧着的，人们就叫它卧佛。佛经里没有这种叫法，应该叫释迦涅盘圣迹图。“涅盘”实际上就是死了的意思，但它和一般人所说的死又不一样。涅