Nanshan Mountain, Dazu

Nanshan rises about two kilometres south of Dazu town, and the carvings stand on its summit inside the Jade Emperor Temple, on ground once called Guanghua hill. This is the Daoist half of the Dazu group. The niches were cut mainly in the Shaoxing reign of the Southern Song, between 1131 and 1162, with additions in the Ming and Qing. Fifteen numbers are registered on the hill, holding five niches, five Song steles and a set of inscriptions that record the Mongol arrival in Sichuan. It is the smallest of the great Dazu hills and the densest with text.