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Dazu Stone Carvings, situated in Dazu County, Chongqing, is a general name for religious grotto arts since the Tang and Song dynasties, one of China's three most famous grotto groups--Yunkang, Longmen and Dazu. Dazu's stone carvings are known for their combination of both beautiful forms and exact expression of meaning, stories are told in such a way that readers are always deeply touched by their reasoning, sentiment, attraction of happy life and the dread of punishment after death, never tired of reading. So delicately carved out of rocks, the grottos prove to be a rare treasure with Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism woven together.

Publisher Profile

On April 29, 2005, Chongqing Publishing Group was established on the basis of the former Chongqing Publishing House, a leading publisher for 55 years, which published about 800 new titles of books every year. As a large-scale cultural enterprise, the Group engages itself in books, newspapers and journals, electronic and audio-video products, and Internet publishing, with its business covering paper trade, printing, distribution, advertisement, tourism and real estate as well.

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