The Dazu Rock Carvings () are a series of Chinese religious sculptures and carvings, dating back as far as the 7th century AD, depicting and influenced by Buddhist, Confucian and Taoist beliefs.

Carvings from the original church were incorporated into the porch of the present church, and the church is famous for being one of the few in the country with the Devil in stained glass.

It comprises all sorts of folk architectural and decorative arts, and is famous for its " Three Carvings " ( stone, wood and brick carvings ), " Three sculptures " ( ceramic sculpture, clay sculpture and colorful sculpture ) and " One cast " ( cast iron ).

Carvings often depict his legendary meeting with Laozi.

Carvings show hunting with dogs, and also, unlike in Ireland, with falcons.

* Turkish Fort: The remains of the fort are located near the Rock Carvings, legend has it that Lawrence of Arabia fought here in 1917.

File: Ashby de la Zouch Castle carvings in the tower stairway. JPG | Carvings in the Hastings tower stairway.

" According to Bernard Rosett ( 14 / 2: 40-44 ): " Carvings in the round are usually made from the underground stem of the plant, that small almost solid zone that connects to the creeping rhizome below the ground.

Iranian Medes | Median ( left ) and Persian people | Persian ( right ) soldiers, Carvings of Persepolis.

Carvings show that everyday Angkorian buildings were wooden structures not much different from those found in Cambodia today.

Carvings of Gog and Magog are kept in Guildhall and taken out and paraded in the annual Lord Mayor's Show.

The Art of the Northwest Coast Indians: How Ancestral Records Were Preserved in Carvings and Paintings of Mythical or Fabulous Animal Figures.

Carvings of Buddha are seen on all these pillars but mostly defaced.

Carvings are often Islamic in content ( for example, many consist of verses of the Qur ' an ), but other symbolism is occasionally used, e. g., Indian lotus flowers as emblems of prosperity.

* George, David C. Carving From the Veldt: Rifle Carvings from the Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, Northern Rivers, 2004.

Carvings in deep relief, painted in rich colors, decorate the surface of the structure.

Image: NikkoKaramonCarvings5205. jpg | Carvings above the Karamon.

Carvings of humans and animals were also part of the Richardsonian Romanesque style.

Carvings at Chavin de Huantar show figures wearing elaborate headdresses and blowing a trumpet-like shell instrument.

Carvings depict similar images.

Carvings of fish in the Tschudi Complex, Chan Chan.

Listed as a World Heritage Site, the Dazu Rock Carvings are made up of 75 protected sites containing some 50, 000 statues, with over 100, 000 Chinese characters forming inscriptions and epigraphs.

The architectural feature, the caryatides upholding the portico, famous around the world as the Porch of the Maidens, was referred to airily by Mando as the Girls' Place.

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This dish much resembles the oysters Rockefeller made famous by Antoine's in New Orleans, though the Palace chef announced it as a variant of Manning's roast oysters.

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Her father, James Upton, was the Upton mentioned by Hawthorne in the famous introduction to the Scarlet Letter as one of those who came into the old custom house to do business with him as the surveyor of the port.

Here again it was vacation time and there were many things I could not see, but I was able to visit with a professor who is famous in Japanese circles and be guided through the grounds by his assistant.

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In the famous Danbury Hatters case, a suit was brought against the union by the Loewe Company for monopolistic practices, e.g., trying to persuade consumers not to purchase the product of the struck manufacturer.

Ekstrohm picked up a lightweight no-back from the ship's library, a book by Bloch, the famous twentieth century expert on sex.

The case is famous for Lincoln's use of a fact established by judicial notice in order to challenge the credibility of an eyewitness.

The title " teacher " was first given to Aristotle by Muslim scholars, and was later used by Western philosophers ( as in the famous poem of Dante ) who were influenced by the tradition of Islamic philosophy.

In the famous long scroll Along the River During the Qingming Festival painted by Zhang Zeduan ( 1085 – 1145 AD ) during the Song Dynasty ( 960 – 1297 AD ), a suanpan is clearly seen lying beside an account book and doctor's prescriptions on the counter of an apothecary's ( Feibao ).

This was expressed by Korzybski's most famous premise, " the map is not the territory ".

The region was famous for exporting various raw materials, and areas of Hattian and Hurrian populated south east Anatolia were colonised by the Akkadians.

Milne is most famous for his two Pooh books about a boy named Christopher Robin after his son, Christopher Robin Milne, and various characters inspired by his son's stuffed animals, most notably the bear named Winnie-the-Pooh.

Azincourt is famous as being near the site of the battle fought on 25 October 1415 in which the army led by King Henry V of England defeated the forces led by Charles d ' Albret on behalf of Charles VI of France, which has gone down in English history as the Battle of Agincourt.

The large amount of travel done by Christie and Mallowan has not only made for a great writing theme, as shown in her famous novel: The Murder on the Orient Express, but also tied into the idea of archaeology as an adventure that has become so important in today ’ s popular culture as described by Cornelius Holtorf in his book Archaeology is a Brand.