Introduction to Eight Scenic Spots of Anyue Stone Carving in Sichuan

The eight scenic spots of Anyue Stone Carvings in Sichuan are as follows:

Anyue Stone Carvings are represented by nine national key cultural relics protection units, namely, Wofo Temple, Pilu Cave, Qianfo Village, Yuanjue Cave, Huayan Cave, Mingshan Temple, Peacock Cave, Mysterious Temple and Wooden Door Temple, and their sculptures are characterized by "ancient, numerous, refined, beautiful and special".

There are many scenic spots worth visiting here, among which the reclining Buddha Temple, Yuanjue Cave, Thousand-Buddha Cliff and Huayan Sansheng Cave are the most famous. The reclining Buddha Temple is one of the important scenic spots of Anyue stone carvings. There are many cliff statues in the temple, the most striking of which is a reclining Buddha with a length of 36 meters, which is known as "the first reclining Buddha in Asia".

Yuanjue Cave is famous for its exquisite twelve-round-sense statues, which are various and lifelike, and are the treasures of stone carving art in China. In addition to these scenic spots, Anyue stone carvings have many places worth exploring. For example, on the Thousand Buddha Cliff, there are more than a thousand cliff statues, which are densely arranged on the cliff wall, making people feel the diligence and wisdom of ancient craftsmen.

historical origin

Anyue stone carving began in the second year of Putong in Liang Dynasty in the Southern and Northern Dynasties (521), and flourished in the Tang, Five Dynasties and Northern Song Dynasties, with a few works of Ming and Qing Dynasties. Its content is mainly Buddhist statues, melting Taoist statues in one furnace, most of which are cliff statues.

The statues of Buddha, Bodhisattva, Lohan, Jin Xian, Lux, Flying, Guardian and Provider in the grottoes not only reflect the world of the Buddhist temple, but also reflect the social reality and secular life in ancient China from different angles. These figures are vivid and interesting, finely carved, skillful in knife cutting, ingenious and ingenious, and they are the precious heritage of carving art in ancient grottoes and temples in China.

After p>2, more than 1 carving teams, including Anyue Zizhuge Stone Carving Art Exhibition Center and Shushi Carving Workshop, were established one after another, which opened the sales market of stone carving art, promoted the development of tourism and promoted the all-round development of Anyue's economy and culture. With the support of the government, the stone carving art industry has become one of the pillars of Anyue's tourism industry.

the above content reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Stone Carving (Anyue Stone Carving)