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Qionglai Cliff Carvings 邛崃石窟Qiónglái Shíkū
National heritage site · Chengdu, Sichuan
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Chengdu
- Region
- Sichuan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Qionglai Cliff Carvings
Three groups of Tang-to-Song Buddhist cliff carvings around Qionglai are protected together: Pantuo Temple, Shisun Mountain and Huazhi Temple. At Pantuo Temple, on the outskirts of the city, carving began in 820 and four niches hold 1,099 figures, including the Three Sages of the West, a thousand-Buddha niche and a Pure Land scene. The Shisun Mountain group lies further north-west in the hills.
How to get to Qionglai Cliff Carvings
Pantuo Temple is a few km west of Qionglai city, itself about 1.5 hours by road from central Chengdu; Shisun Mountain is about 20 km further north-west.
Nearby
- Mount Qingcheng 青城山 50 km
A cradle of Taoism, where forest stairways climb past temples and cave shrines - Mount Mengding 蒙顶山 50 km
Misty tea terraces and an imperial tea garden where tea growing is said to have begun
Also within 20 km: Qiong Kiln Site, Shifangtang 邛窑遗址 (under 10 km), Xinchang Ancient Town 新场古镇 (10 km), Pingle Ancient Town 平乐古镇 (10 km), Chuanwang Palace, Xinchang 新场川王宫 (10 km).
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