|
 Yunnan
Tour
Kunming
Tour
China
Tour
Beijing
Tour
Guilin
Tour
Tibet
Tour
Yangtze
River Cruise
China
City Tour
About
Yunnan
Yunnan
Travel Guide
Yunnan
Map
Kunming
Dali
Lijiang
Shangri-la
Xishuangbanna
Jianshui
Yuanyang
Luoping
Tengchong
Ruili
Mangshi
Baoshan
ChuXiong
Dehong
Lincang
25
Ethnic Minorities
Yunnan
18 Peculiars
Focus
On Yunnan
About
Us
Contact
Us
Terms
And Conditions
|
 |
Home >>
Yunnan
>> Yunnan
Travel Guide >> Dali
>> Shibaoshan (Stone Treasure
Mountain Grottes) |
|
Shibaoshan (Stone
Treasure Mountain Grottes)
 |
 |
About 80 km to the northwest of Dali
or 75 km to the southwest of Lijiang are the Stone Treasure
Mountain Grottoes, a quite large, expansive, not very high,
but lovely mountain, with tracts of old ¨Cgrowth cypress
and some fabulous sights. There are three temple groups; Stone
Bell , the most famous; Lion Pass; and Shadeng village. The
Stone Bell monastery group includes some of the best Bai stone
carvings in southern China and offer insights into life at
the Nanzhao court of the 9th century. One of the best caves
features images of Geluofeng, the fourth king of the Nanzhao
Kingdom. The sculpture of the Eight Kings in China is also
among the finest works of Buddhist art in China. and then,
ahem, the racy part for which the mountain is rather well
known; carvings of female genitalia, which local women visit
to boost their fertility. The local PR word from government,
not from 12visitchina:¡±This carving is the only
case of engraved vulvas placed on equal terms with the Buddha
and God in the world.¡± Goodness. |
|
|
Dali
Travel Attractions
Dali
Three
Pagodas of Dali
Erhai
Lake
Xizhou
Township
Cangshan
Mountain
Ancient
City OF Dali
Shibaoshan
Mountain Grottes
Shaxi
Village
Nuodeng
Bai Village |
