4、mDazuCounty,stonecaringonMountBaodingwerecreatedfrom1179to1249intheSouthSongDynasty.ThepersoninchargewasZhaoZhifeng,whowasborninXueliangtownshipof Dazu County,severalkmawayfrommountBaoding.Hebecameamonkwhenhewasfive,andmovedto thewestern partofSichuanProvinceto learnBuddhismwhenhewas16.Thenher
5、eturnedhomeandhadtheBuddhism“Daochang”builtunderhiscare.Hededicatedhisfollowing70yearstothiscourseuntilhepassedawayatehageof90,whentheforestofstatueswascompletedatapreliminarylevel.The BuddhaBayweareseeingnowisthe major partofthestonecarvingsonmountBaoding.BaodingShan,Whichhascometobeknownasth