Dazu
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Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大足 (Dàzú).
Proper noun
Dazu
- A district of Chongqing, China.
- , →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 31:
- A new chapter in the study of Chinese sculpture in the Sung Dynasty opened with the discovery of the Mai-chi-shan caves already referred to and the publication of a little-known sculptured cliff at Ta-tsu in Szechwan, dating chiefly from the Sung. The lively realism of the Ta-tsu high relief figures, some of which resemble the clay figures at Mai-chi-shan, others reminiscent of mediaeval European sculpture, is further proof that beside the courtly and scholarly arts for which the Sung is famous there flourished a vigorous school of popular Buddhist art of a very different character.]
- , 1st edition, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 13:
- The year 1898 brought uprisings of the Tien Ti Hui (Heaven and Earth Society), a popular anti-Ching secret organization in Kwangsi Province, and of the peasants in Tatsu County, Szechuan.]
- 1998, J. D. Brown, Frommer's China: The 50 Most Memorable Trips (Frommer's), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 306:
- Emei Shan is one of Buddhism’s four sacred mountains, while Baoding Shan (Precious Mountain) at Dazu is one of China’s four great centers of Buddhist sculpture. These sacred carvings are located in Sichuan Province in western China, in Dazu District, about halfway between the cities of Chengdu and Chongqing.
- 2022 March 31, “A Creative Slogan Worths 100,000 Yuan - Dazu of Chongqing solicits promotional slogans from all over the world”, in AP News, archived from the original on 26 March 2023:
- Dazu District is located in the west of Chongqing, 55 km away from the central downtown of Chongqing in the east and 155 km away from Chengdu in the west. Dazu has been world-known for the world cultural heritage Dazu Rock Carvings.
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Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Dazu”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 978, column 2