Ticket Fee :CNY 20
Opening Hours :Whole day
Traffic :Take a bus to Jianchuan,55km north of Dali. Get off at the small village of Diannan, where a narrow road branches southwest to the village of Shaxi.Then the special bus take you to Shibaoshan Mountain.
DCT Tips :Recommended time for a visit: one and half hour.
Brief Introduction :
Brief Introduction
About 110km northwest of Dali are the Stone Treasure Mountain Grottoes(Shibaoshan Shiku). There are three temple groups: Stone Bell(Shizhong),Lion Pass(Shizi Guan) and Shadeng Village. They include some of the best Bai stone carvings in southern China and offer insights into life at the Nanzhao court of the 9th century.
The Stone Treasure Mountain Grottoes are over 1300 years old and the evidence of the spread of Mahayana Buddhism into Yunnan from Tibet.
Representations of the bodhisattva Guanyin and other Buddhist images are carved into the rocky mountainside. Spend a day at the grottoes or just hike around the temples through the lush forest--perhaps you will be lucky enough to come across a group of monkeys.
