Ba Zhong located on the northeast of Sichuan province, on the west side of Dazhou and on the south side of Mi Cang Shan. It’s connected Tongjiang and Pingchang from the east, Yilong from the south, Langzhong and Cangxi from the west and Nanjiang from the north. It is at longitude 106°22' ~ 107°06'degrees east and at the latitude 31°30' ~ 32°03'. The area of Ba Zhong is 12325 square meters. The government of the city , which is at the distance of 400 kilometers from Chengdu and at the distance of 650 kilometers from Xi’an, administrat Bazhou, Tongjiang, Nanjiang and Pingchang, about 250 towns and 2354 villages. The population is around 3,980,000 .
The city of Ba Zhong, it located in the old way of Mi Cang which is important for the transportation of Sichuan and Shanxi, and also is important for military static, moreover is the capital of northsouthest Sichuan for political, economical and culture factors.
At the time of Tang and Song Dynasty , the Mi Cang Dao is very prosperous. Through the Mi Cang Dao, people were able to get to the capital of Tang Dynasty, get to the western part of the country, and travel to the eastern part of Sichuan even to a wider area in the south of china. Therefore, the businessmen ,officials and scholars came to Ba Zhong from everywhere. Those who start to excavate the s and erect the statues, not only leave us a great mount of art treasures, but also provide us a lot of information of the religion , transportation, culture communication and economic situations. However, due to the inconvenience of transportation of Ba Zhong ,people know little about the Ba Zhong Grottoes. We hope the website will draw people’s attention and enhance the research and the cultural communication. |
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