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Nanshan Cliff Carvings, Pingyao 南山造像Nánshān Zàoxiàng
National heritage site · Hangzhou, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Hangzhou
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Nanshan Cliff Carvings, Pingyao
A row of Buddhist figures and one Taoist figure cut into an old quarry face on Nanshan hill at Pingyao, most of them seated Amitabha Buddhas from the Yuan dynasty, the largest almost 10 m tall. Inscriptions of 1328 and 1341 name monks of a nearby temple as the patrons, and the plainer, more human-looking figures differ in style from the Yuan carvings at Feilai Feng; nine badly damaged Ming figures stand at the eastern end.
How to get to Nanshan Cliff Carvings, Pingyao
On the south-east side of Nanshan hill, about 1 km west of Pingyao old street and 3 km west of the Liangzhu ancient city site, about 40 minutes by road from central Hangzhou.
Nearby
- Lingyin Temple & Feilai Feng 灵隐寺 20 km
A working Chan monastery beside a hillside of 1,000-year-old rock carvings - West Lake 西湖 20 km
The lake that taught China what a perfect landscape should look like
Also within 20 km: Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City 良渚古城遗址 (under 10 km), Laohuling Dam Site Park 老虎岭遗址公园 (under 10 km), Liangzhu Museum 良渚博物院 (under 10 km), Cangqian Granary 仓前粮仓 (10 km), Former Residence of Zhang Taiyan 章太炎故居 (10 km), Dream Town, Cangqian 梦想小镇 (10 km).
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