page_title: Tuoshan
section_title: Buddhist Grottoes
hierarchical_section_title: Tuoshan / Buddhist Grottoes
caption_attribution_description: English: Detail of the head of an attendant Bodhisattva, Tuoshan, Qingzhou, Shandong, China.
context_page_description: Tuoshan is a mountain located 4 km south-west of Qingzhou city, Shandong province, China. It features a number of historic sites and a native pine forest. Tuoshan is the core scenic zone of Qingzhou National Park.
context_section_description: There are 638 stone Buddhas in five main grottoes, which were chiselled in the Northern Zhou (577-581) and Tang Dynasty (613-907) and lie along the mountain's eastern edge, close to the summit. All of the smaller grottoes are now empty. The main grottoes are mostly intact with the exception of many of the smaller-Buddha's heads. They are protected by cages. The tallest statue, that of a seated Buddha, still survives. It is over 7 m high, making it the largest in the province. The smallest statues at the site are about 10 cm (4 in) tall. The site was placed under national protection in 1988.
caption: Detail of the head of an attendant Boddhisattva figure.
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