Dazu Rock Carvings, located 163 kilometers away from Chongqing Municipality, is one of five major grottoes in China. The carvings stared in 892 and completed by the end of the Southern Song Dynasty (1127 ?C1278) lasting more than 250 years. They are the excellent works of rock carvings produced during the later period of grotto arts in China.In Dazu County, more than 50,000 pieces of carved rock figures are scattered 75 major sites in an area of 1,390 square kilometers. Those carved out of the rocks at Beishan (North Hill), the Baodingshan (Precious Peak Hill) and Nanshan (South Hill) are most concentrated in number, the largest in scale, the finest in craftsmanship and the richest in contents.

Dazu Rock Carvings, mainly consisting-of Buddhist images, are the commented as the ??Oriental Carved Bible??. What makes Dazu rock carvings unique is the large amount of statues, the refined carving techniques, the diversified subjects, the rich content and the excellent conservation. Here, on the cliffs between 15 and 30 meters high, rows upon rows of large-size carvings can be found either on the cliff face or inside the caves.

On June 22, 2000, the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO presented Dazu the title of ??World Heritage Site