Thousand Buddha Rock (千佛岩 or 四川省中国旅行社) is located in

Renshou County Renshou County () is a county in Meishan, Meishan City, Sichuan Province of China. It is located in Middle-West of Sichuan Basin. It has an area of , and population of 154,040,000. Founded in the Qin dynasty. Its name may derive from the first Sui ...

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. It contains over 21 different Buddhist carvings on rock. Many of the carvings were first made around the year 881 during the

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an Zhou dynasty (690–705), interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dyn ...

, with work extending into the

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...

. Previously some of these carvings were covered by the

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until exposed by the rising global temperatures. The condition of the carvings has suffered due to vandalism and neglect. The tallest Buddha is 2.7 m high.

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