Overview
Dazu Rock Carvings have been a must-go highlight ever since being inscribed on UNESCO world heritage list in 1999, most travelers would do only Baoding carvings which is the major site of entire Dazu rock carvings, they need more time for souvenir shops. Matter of fact lots fascinating but forgotten hidden ancient carvings sites still await us all over this area, We did lots field work on it, we drove through the country side, talk to the villagers, gained first-hand stories. Then we picked up some outstanding ones for our travelers, no tour bus would be there, we will be the special visitors. We focus on private tour service, make our clients travel like a local. You also need a friendly and sophisticated guide and a safe driver to do critical help, a driver-guide who knows both Chinese culture and how to do a safe, joyful and professional guiding job will be your choice.
Why travelers book this
What's Included
- Driver guide
- Lunch
- Bottled water
- Hotel pick up
- Comlimentary transportation service
What's Not Included
- Admission for Baoding carvings site
- Interior shuttle golf car ride in Baoding carvings
Meeting & Pickup
Meeting point, pickup options and start time are confirmed on Viator before checkout.
Itinerary
Stop 1
Picking up our travellers then drive to Dazu county, a small town in north-western Chongqing, our destination would be Baoding ancient rock carings. The history of Baoding carvings dates back 900 years ago, it's the largest and best preserved ancient stone sculptures and the most well-known Buddhism holy site in southern China. In 1999, Baoding Carvings was inscribed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO. Those statues were engraved on cliff side to facilitate displaying and being worshiped. It iconically and aesthetically pretty much represents the outstanding ancient Chinese artistic and sculpture craftsmanship achievements. We'll do an immersive learning tour inside with our private guiding service. The car ride from downtown to Baoding will be roughly 1.5 hour and excursion takes 2 hours inside. All travellers need to transfer to the interal shuttle bus and golf car which is mandatory in order to ācultural relics preservationā purpose.
Stop 2
Then we get to downtown Dazu anjoy a typical local lunch. The lunch is on us.
Stop 3
After lunch we'll take a joyful walk through a local park to a hidden highlight of Dazu carvings-a pair of twin giant Buddha and an ancient pagoda with over 900 years old. They were part of an ancient massive holy temple built up in Song dynasty 900 years ago, both miraculously very much well preserved. The Giant Twin Buddha are over 10 meters tall, financed and built up by local villagers, but the bigger story behind still remain unknown. That giant pagoda over the twin Buddha is right over them, also 900 years old, designed as a library for precious Buddhism holy documents, still stand solid after been through earthquakes and fire. The whole place is in a cute small woods, we will not be bothered by crowds, it's like a forgotten corner only attended by local folks, we'll enjoy the fresh air have a relaxed tour.
Stop 4
Then we drive all the way back to downtown Chongqing, we'll deliver our travellers to their hotels or any specified location in downtown.
Important Information
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Moderate English or Chinese Mandarin language comprehension required or we might not deliver approprate guiding service.