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Dragon Tuo Bay Cliff Carvings

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The Dragon Tuo Bay Cliff Carvings are located at Gu Fo Mountain in Puyan Village, approximately 3.50 kilometers southeast of Pujiang County. They are mainly distributed across four adjacent sites: Dragon Tuo Bay, Anzi Rock, Tudi Zui, and Shima An. At Dragon Tuo Bay, situated on the western foothills of Gu Fo Mountain, there are 10 niches and 80 statues dating from the Northern and Southern Dynasties to the Tang and Song dynasties. There is also an inscribed stone tablet from the first year of the Jiāxīng era (417 AD) of the Western Liang during the Northern Dynasties. The Northern and Southern Dynasties carvings include: "The Sutra Spoken by the Buddha on the Daughter of the Moon"; the Tang Dynasty carvings feature a male Guanyin, one Buddha, two disciples, two bodhisattvas, two guardians, and two flying apsaras; the Song Dynasty carvings depict one Buddha, two disciples, two guardians, and five worshippers. Anzi Rock is located on the eastern foothills of Gu Fo Mountain and features 3 niches and 34 statues from the Ming Dynasty. The grotto is 4.30 meters high, 4.70 meters wide, and 1.90 meters deep, housing carvings of the Three Western Saints, heavenly kings, and children—totaling 31 figures. Inscriptions date back to the 19th year of the Chenghua era (1483) and the 45th year of the Jiajing era (1566).

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The Dragon Tuo Bay Cliff Carvings are located at Gu Fo Mountain in Puyan Village, approximately 3.50 kilometers southeast of Pujiang County. They are mainly distributed across four adjacent sites: Dragon Tuo Bay, Anzi Rock, Tudi Zui, and Shima An. At Dragon Tuo Bay, situated on the western foothills of Gu Fo Mountain, there are 10 niches and 80 statues dating from the Northern and Southern Dynasties to the Tang and Song dynasties. There is also an inscribed stone tablet from the first year of the Jiāxīng era (417 AD) of the Western Liang during the Northern Dynasties. The Northern and Southern Dynasties carvings include: "The Sutra Spoken by the Buddha on the Daughter of the Moon"; the Tang Dynasty carvings feature a male Guanyin, one Buddha, two disciples, two bodhisattvas, two guardians, and two flying apsaras; the Song Dynasty carvings depict one Buddha, two disciples, two guardians, and five worshippers. Anzi Rock is located on the eastern foothills of Gu Fo Mountain and features 3 niches and 34 statues from the Ming Dynasty. The grotto is 4.30 meters high, 4.70 meters wide, and 1.90 meters deep, housing carvings of the Three Western Saints, heavenly kings, and children—totaling 31 figures. Inscriptions date back to the 19th year of the Chenghua era (1483) and the 45th year of the Jiajing era (1566).