The world's stone carvings, the world's big feet!
The New Year's Day activity of Dazu Rock Carvings "Oriental Qi Dream and Enjoying the Glory Together" will officially kick off in the Dazu Rock Carving Scenic Area from December 30, 2023 to January 1, 2024.
On December 1, 1999, the "Dazu Rock Carvings" were included in the "World Heritage List" by UNESCO as the representative of the five mountains (Beishan, Baoding Mountain, Nanshan, Shizhen Mountain, Shimen Mountain), which is the only world cultural heritage in Chongqing and one of the eight grottoes in the world. In 2007, it was rated as AAAAA-level scenic spot. From hiding in the depths of the boudoir to today's fame, "Dazu stone carvings" represent the highest level of the world's grotto art from the 9th to the 13th centuries AD, and are the pinnacle of the world's grotto art history, and the last monument in the history of the world's grotto art.
During the last long holiday of this year, Dazu Rock Carvings carried out a variety of New Year's activities according to the characteristics of Chinese art and culture in the scenic spot, combined with other intangible cultural heritage. Dazu Rock Carvings Scenic Area has been continuing the slogan of "exquisite stone carvings can speak", and through this New Year's Day activity of "Oriental Qi Dream Enjoying Fanghua", Dazu stone carvings will be presented in front of the public, and the charm of stone carvings will be vividly displayed from the aspects of artistic experience and cultural interaction.
Stone carving art is an important part of the ancient splendid culture, and it is also a way to express people's emotions. Due to the immortal characteristics of the stone, the ancients expressed the prayer for peace, the hope for a better life, the remembrance of the deceased, the praise of heroes, and religious beliefs in the form of stone carvings. This event will combine the prosperity of the Oriental and the artistic expression of the new Chinese style, build the "Oriental Qi Dream" belonging to the Dazu stone carvings, and bring the long history, profound cultural heritage and exquisite carving art of the bright pearl of Chinese grottoes to everyone in an innovative form.
In this event, you will see the Dazu rock carvings in an all-round and multi-dimensional way, and a variety of display forms and immersive interactive experiences are waiting for you to discover. You can also watch the combination of national style colors, the use of traditional Chinese ink, painting the most representative inscriptions and statues of Dazu stone carvings, listening to the "Stone Carving Sanskrit Sound" in the long guzheng, with the light dance of "Millennium Qi Dream" to see the lively "Music Koi" shuttling through Dazu stone carvings and intangible cultural heritage, through the combination with another form of expression of traditional Chinese culture, adhere to the background of "cultural tourism + innovation", show the different charm of Dazu stone carvings, and bring a visual feast to tourists.
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The stage with the cow herding as the background, the inscription curtains extending on both sides, the calligraphy and paintings and inscriptions in the ink style are all the meaning of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new. As one of the highlights of this event, all kinds of intangible cultural heritage performances are screened here, and the intangible cultural heritage interpretation of Dazu Rock Carvings Famous in the World, "Gaotai Lion Dance", "Dangguan", "Shengshi Inspiration" and other representative inheritance of intangible cultural heritage is blended with the stone carving art with historical imprints, showing the vitality of Dazu Rock Carvings bursting out in the new era, "eternal and modern, new and new", so that tourists' Dazu Rock Carvings New Year's Day trip is both knowledgeable and interesting.
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The museum has set up a check-in point with the theme of ancient ink painting, where visitors can stand on the boundary between history and modernity and feel the collision of cultures. There is also a New Year's Good Luck gas station at the entrance, where visitors can participate in the game and turn away for 2024At the same time, you can also write your best wishes for the new year for yourself, your family or friends on a 100-meter-long scroll printed with stone carvings and beautiful meanings.
Not only that, during the New Year's Day event, Dazu Rock Carvings also prepared surprise gifts for tourists from afar, tourists only need to take a photo with [Dazu Rock Carvings] positioning check-in**, and the collection scenic spot can receive a free calligraphy teacher's on-site customized group fan, and take home the gifts that belong to the artistic and cultural atmosphere of Dazu Rock Carvings.
On December 31st, bring your family and friends to follow the footsteps of "Dazu Rock Carvings" and start the New Year's Day activity of "Oriental Qi Dream and Appreciate the Glory Together", and let's feel the dreamlike artistic conception of Buddhism together!
At the same time, we also warmly welcome all tourists to visit the Dazu Rock Carving Scenic Area, appreciate the charm of one of the world's eight major grottoes, enjoy the whole-hearted stone carving art experience, and open your own "stone carving" memory!
Event period: December 30, 2023 - January 1, 2024.
Location: Dazu Rock Carving Scenic Area, Dazu District, Chongqing.