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Thousand-Buddha Cliff (Guangyuan) 千佛崖Qiānfó Yá
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Guangyuan, Sichuan
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Guangyuan
- Region
- Sichuan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Thousand-Buddha Cliff (Guangyuan)
A cliff on the east bank of the Jialing River north of Guangyuan, honeycombed with Buddhist niches carved from the late Northern Wei to the Ming, most of them in the Tang. Some 848 niches with more than 7,000 figures survive along a face about 400 m long and over 40 m high, although more than half of the original carvings were destroyed when the Sichuan–Shaanxi highway was cut along its foot in 1935–1936. The main caves include the Great Buddha Cave and the Lotus Cave.
How to get to Thousand-Buddha Cliff (Guangyuan)
About 4 km north of central Guangyuan on the east bank of the Jialing, 10–15 minutes by taxi.
Nearby
- Jianmen Pass 剑门关 40 km
The cliff-walled gate on the old road to Shu that Li Bai said one man could hold - Qingmuchuan Ancient Town 青木川古镇 50 km
A curving market street of timber shophouses where Shaanxi, Gansu and Sichuan meet
Also within 20 km: Huangze Temple 皇泽寺 (under 10 km), Mingyue Gorge 明月峡 (20 km), Zhaohua Ancient Town 昭化古城 (20 km).
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