Talk:Dazu Rock Carvings

Requested move

Dazu Stone Carvings → Dazu Rock Carvings – Move, over a redirect, to the official English name -- or at least the English name used by UNESCO. User:Calton Talk 07:52, 22 August 2006 (UTC) this template added by SigPig 21:56, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

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• Support. As per UNESCO. --SigPig 21:58, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
• Support as per nom - and a googlefight gives 16,800 "Dazu Rock Carvings" to 631 "Dazu Stone Carvings". -- Beardo 03:05, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
• Support, sure whatever. Recury 17:14, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Discussion

• The request succeeded. --Dijxtra 08:36, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Coordinates?

Google Maps, when "Dazu Rock Carvings" is entered, yields　[1]

N29° 22' 58" E105° 28' 21.0966"

Wikimapia, on the other hand, yields [2]:

N29° 32' 25" E105° 49' 28"

UNESCO gives [3]:

N29° 42' 3.996 E105° 42' 18

So which is it?

During Cultural Revolution?

How well did they survive the Cultural Revolution? I know many statues were damaged and eventually repaired --these notable statues seem like they were likely candidates for vandalism. Any info? --Bobak (talk) 21:19, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Found an answer in the NYT. --Bobak (talk) 21:21, 11 February 2009 (UTC)