Dazu Rock Carvings: Chongqing's UNESCO Cultural Masterpiece (Better than the Louvre?)

Added: 2026-05-16

[00:00:01][music] >> Everyone knows that terracotta warriors, but have you heard of Dazu [music] Rock Carvings? This is Chongqing's only UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site.

[00:00:16]Unlike the famous grottos [music] in Longmen or Yungang, where the statues look super serious and holy, [music] these rocks are telling real human stories. Look at this. It shows parents holding kids.

[00:00:31]It is full of love and human emotion.

[00:00:34]And the famous Thousand-Hand Guanyin, [music] it has over 800 real golden hands. It took 8 years just to fix it. It's not [music] just a stone. It is a comic book carved into a mountain 1,000 [music] years ago. If you are in Chongqing, you can't miss this masterpiece.

[00:00:54]I'm Ankh Ko Dee. [music] Follow me, I make Chongqing easy for you.