A day in China’s Countryside and a visit to the UNESCO approved Dazu Stone Carvings – Top Blogs Revisited

An SVG map of China with Chongqing municipalit...

An SVG map of China with Chongqing municipality highlighted Legend: Image:China map legend.png (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Dazu Rock Carvings, Bao Ding buddhas

English: Dazu Rock Carvings, Bao Ding buddhas (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Dazu County Rock Carving, Chongqing, a UNESCO ...

Dazu County Rock Carving, Chongqing, a UNESCO heritage site (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Dazu rock carvings, Bao Ding Shan, 18...

English: Dazu rock carvings, Bao Ding Shan, 18 layers of hell (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Bao Ding Mountain Rock Carvings, Dazu, Chongqi...

Bao Ding Mountain Rock Carvings, Dazu, Chongqing 大足宝顶山石刻 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

‪中文(简体)‬: 大足石刻

‪中文(简体)‬: 大足石刻 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: In this 8-meter (25-foot) tall Buddhi...

English: In this 8-meter (25-foot) tall Buddhist relief from the Dazu Rock Carvings in China, built sometime between the years 1177 and 1249, Mara, Lord of Death and Desire, clutches the Wheel of Reincarnation, which outlines the Buddhist cycle of reincarnation. Français : Un relief de 8 mètres parmi les Sculptures rupestres de Dazu près de Chongqing en China. Il représente Mara, le Seigneur du Mort et des Désirs, éteignant la Roue des réincarnations. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

As part of our summer blogs revisited series, we’re focusing on our best travel blogs by country.

This was by far the most popular blog on China. It actually ranks as our top travel blog (by number of hits).

Source: A day in China’s Countryside and a visit to the UNESCO approved Dazu Stone Carvings [open link to see the blog]

But open this link for some of other China highlights

 

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