Cliffside Stone Carving

Yaowang Mountain is located on the southwest side of the Potala Palace. The cliff on the back of the mountain is full of more than 5,000 Buddha statues. The stone carvings on the cliffs of Yaowang Mountain are mainly offering offerings to the King Kong immovable Buddha, which expands around. There are nearly 5,000 large and small Buddha statues carved on the cliff with a width of 30 meters and a height of nearly 15 meters. The entire red rock wall is full of large and small Buddha statues, which is very spectacular. Among the citizens, if someone from a poor family has passed away, if they can’t afford a Thangka to save the death, they can buy a little paint and refresh the Buddha statue carved on the cliff at Yaowang Mountain, which can be used to save the Thangka The same merits as Buddha statues. This custom continues to this day. Standing at the foot of Yaowang Mountain and watching so many exquisite stone Buddha statues, you will be intoxicated by the long cultural history of the Tibetan people. Here are the crystals of local human wisdom and rich Buddhist thoughts in different periods. Through these stone carvings, we realize that different ethnic groups use the same method – carving stones, to record and create their own civilizations.