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To say that Baodingshan stone carving, the most famous one, it must be the thousand-hand Guanyin known as "the national treasure in the national treasure", this Buddha, which was carved in the Southern Song Dynasty from Xi to Yuyou (AD 1174-1252), is the largest collection of carving, painting, gold in one of the cliff stone carving statues in China. I remember that when I visited Dazu in early 2015, the skeleton was still in repair, when scaffolding was covered in temples, and the entire cliff statue was covered tightly. This time I visited Dazu again and finally had the honor to worship this thousand-hand Guanyin. Just to be honest, the moment I first saw this encounter was still a little disappointed, after all, the image under the brand new gold has been completely new, and the historical atmosphere that has come over the years is missing. This Qianshou Guanyin, numbered Baodingshan Big Buddha Bay No. 8, is covered in the "Dabei Pavilion" at the eastern end of Nanyan, which is more spectacular than I thought. The height is 7.2 meters, and the width is 12.5 meters. The main image is 3 meters high and the height of the Qianshou Guanyin is 3 meters. Four Lucius raised the seat, eight Buddhas decorated on the crown, two ribbons from the crown top hanging on the shoulder, chest eight hands or ten, or printing, or caressing the knee. Looking closely at this cliff statue, you will see many interesting details: the male statue on the left side of Guanyin, wearing a square towel. The female statue on the left, the first crown, the top pig's head. The female statue on the right side of Guanyin, holding the object, and the other female statue on the right, is the elephant head. In the lower left corner, an old man kneels, handbags, Guanyin is giving copper money. In the lower right corner, there is a hungry ghost on his knees, holding his hands, Guanyin is giving food. The most striking thing is that on the left and right sides of Guanyin and above the head, the radiating like a peacock open screen relief of countless "gold" hands, and each palm has an eye in the heart, and holds an instrument, the golden is very dazzling. However, looking at the data, the thousand-hand Guanyin-water seepage, fine weathering, rock fracture, collapse destruction and gold foil discoloration shell peeling, etc., did arrive at the point that must be repaired. Since 2007, the multidisciplinary expert project team has investigated according to international standards, and began to repair in 2011, and then officially opened to the public on China's Cultural Heritage Day in 2015. Interestingly, this restoration project also finally through modern technology to figure out how many hands this thousand hand Guanyin actually has, the previous information has always said that it is 1007 hands, the actual detection only 830 hands. Then this restoration also found a "dark grid" in the belly area of the main statue, in the "dark grid" seal stone bricks still have text, recorded Qianlong 45 years, Suining Zhong'anli a good man named Zhang Longfei home decoration thousands of hands Guanyin master. It is said that this is also the first time that the image of the thousand hands Guanyin found a date, confirming the inscription of the Weimo Temple in Baodingshan Shengshou Temple. 🏠 name | Baoding Mountain Cliff Statue 🎫 ticket | 115 yuan ⛳ address | Baoding Town, Dazu District 🚗 traffic | Self-driving navigation "Baoding Mountain Stone Carving" can be #Private Secret Land in the City #Where to go if you want to go #Private Treasures around the city #Where to go on weekends #Small Discovery Society