Ancient Dazu Rock Carvings Of China


	Ancient Dazu Rock Carvings Of China
EddieIsSteady
9-18-2009 4:46 AM
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9-18-2009 10:19 AM
lollipop10
Nothing like all those men (gods?) staring down at you to make you squirm : /
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        <H1>Ancient Wonders: The Mystical Dazu Rock Carvings</H1></DIV></DIV></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bukisa.com/articles/36677_ancient-wonders-the-mystical-dazu-rock-carvings">The caves at Dazu in China contain thousands of statues that have been protected for centuries from the wind and the rain. That is why they maintain their bright colors. Carvings such as the Wheel of life continue to mesmerize and delight those who are fortunate enough to visit this amazing place.</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/79/327211796_3907aea013.jpg?v=0" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/79/327211796_3907aea013.jpg?v=0" style="font-size: 11px;">farm1.static.flickr.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/79/327211796_3907aea013.jpg?v=0"><IMG src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/79/327211796_3907aea013.jpg?v=0" alt="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/79/327211796_3907aea013.jpg?v=0" /></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.bukisa.com/articles/36677_ancient-wonders-the-mystical-dazu-rock-carvings" href="http://www.bukisa.com/articles/36677_ancient-wonders-the-mystical-dazu-rock-carvings" style="font-size: 11px;">www.bukisa.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bukisa.com/articles/36677_ancient-wonders-the-mystical-dazu-rock-carvings">The carving called the Wheel of Life represents the various human, animal and divine forms of reincarnation that, according to Buddhist beliefs, are the destiny of departed souls.  How a person is reincarnated depends, of course, upon the merits that they achieve during his or her lifetime.</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.pbase.com/kosongkosong/image/80071283" href="http://www.pbase.com/kosongkosong/image/80071283" style="font-size: 11px;">www.pbase.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pbase.com/kosongkosong/image/80071283"><IMG width="800" height="600" border="0" alt="Dazu Grottos Carvings" src="http://i.pbase.com/g6/99/776599/2/80071283.6rHPZJ47.jpg" class="display" /></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.bukisa.com/articles/36677_ancient-wonders-the-mystical-dazu-rock-carvings" href="http://www.bukisa.com/articles/36677_ancient-wonders-the-mystical-dazu-rock-carvings" style="font-size: 11px;">www.bukisa.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bukisa.com/articles/36677_ancient-wonders-the-mystical-dazu-rock-carvings">In the carving above, you can see the three levels of existance.  They depict the realms of the Divine, the earthly or physical and the eighteen hells.</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://china.metcn8.com/album/01-05h.html" href="http://china.metcn8.com/album/01-05h.html" style="font-size: 11px;">china.metcn8.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://china.metcn8.com/album/01-05h.html"><IMG width="507" height="360" border="10" alt="China photo of Dazu Buddha reclining in sleep and entering Nirvana." src="http://china.metcn8.com/album/dazu-buddha.jpg" /></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); 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font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bukisa.com/articles/36677_ancient-wonders-the-mystical-dazu-rock-carvings">These sculptures were surely designed to teach moral lessons and provide guidance</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C3AC702A-44C1-4EC8-8610-B422FDCF1069/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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