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Dazu Carvings

 Dazu County, 168 miles west of Chengdu, is located southeast of the Sichuan Basin. There are more than 60,000 Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucian rock carvings and at least 100,000 character inscriptions dotting the land­scape around Dazu. Some carvings date back to the ear­ly Tang Dynasty (618-907). Many were carved during the Ming and Qing dynasties. In 1999,UNESCO gave it official status as a World Heritage site.