The Baodingshan tourist area is located 12 kilometers northeast of the urban area of Dazu District, Chongqing Municipality. It mainly includes the Baodingshan Rock Carvings surrounded by ancient temples that include the Shengshou Temple and the Guangda Temple, and exhibition area of the Museum of Dazu Rock Carvings, and shopping area consisting of the Song-dynasty-style streets and the Baoding ancient street. It is a tourist area featuring world heritage integrated with sightseeing, tourism, and vacation.

The Beishan Rock Carvings is located on Beishan that is 1.5 kilometers north of the urban area of Dazu District. It was first built in the 1st year of Jingfu reign of the late Tang Dynasty (892 A.D.), and the existing scale of Beishan Rock Carvings was finally formed after experiencing the Five Dynasties, the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties, and the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Sculpted mainly in the form of niches and a few in the form of caves, the Beishan Rock Carvings including nearly 10,000 statues in various sizes are centered by the Fowan (Buddha Bend) and surrounded by smaller sites of cultural relics like the Foeryan, the Guanyinpo, the Yingpanpo and the Duobao Pagoda. The Beishan Rock Carvings intensively display the development and changes in the style of cave temple art in Bashu area from the late Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty. On December 1st of 1999, the Beishan Rock Carvings, together with the rock carvings of Baodingshan, Nanshan, Shimenshan and Shizhuanshan, was inscribed as the World Heritage by UNESCO.

Located about 2 kilometers south of Dazu urban area, Nanshan, also called Guanghuashan (Guanghua Mountain) in ancient times, has the Temple of Jade Emperor on the mountain top and has been covered with lush plants which looks like a green screen. The Nanshan Carvings was firstly built during the Shaoxing reign of the Southern Song Dynasty (1131-1162 A.D.) and was increased in a small amount during the Ming and Qing dynasties. The site contains four caves of sculptures, three stele inscriptions and eleven epigraphs. Centered by the Cave of Three Pristine Ones, the rock carvings on Nanshan are scattered to east and west, namely the Great Emperor of Zhenwu, the Three Houtu Goddesses, and the Stone Dragon. In addition to stone sculptures, the Nanshan Rock Carvings is also well-known for the very high value in calligraphy of its stele inscriptions and epigraphs from the Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties. Among them, the Stele Inscription by He Guangzhen in the Chunyou reign of the Southern Song Dynasty is valuable documents for studying society and history in eastern Sichuan of that time. On December 1st of 1999, the Shizhuanshan Rock Carvings was inscribed as the World Heritage by UNESCO.

The Shizhuanshan Rock Carvings is located at Fohui Village of Sanqu town, which is 20 kilometers southwest of the Dazu urban area. Under the direction of landowner Yanxun, it was built from the fifth year of Yuanfeng reign to the third year of Shaosheng reign in the Northern Song Dynasty (1082-1096 A.D.). According to the legend, it was a ritual site where Xizhou, a Chan master from Sichuan Province, made his first preach. The sculptures here reflect the rare and typical coexistence of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism all around China. Around the Shizhuanshan site, there are stone pagoda, cliff rock sculptures and stele inscriptions. On top of Shizhuanshan was the monastery named Fohuisi, which was rebuilt in the Yongle reign of the Ming Dynasty after being destroyed in war fire during the late Yuan Dynasty. It now remains the building of Fohui Temple. On December 1st of 1999, the Shizhuanshan Rock Carvings was inscribed as the World Heritage by UNESCO.

Located at Shima town that is 20 kilometers southeast of urban area, the Shimenshan Rock Carvings was first built from the Shaosheng reign of the Northern Song Dynasty to the Shaoxing reign of the Southern Song Dynasty (1094-1162 A.D.), and its carvings were increased in a small amount during the Qing Dynasty. There are 22 numbered niches of carvings here, and sculpted respectively on the east, the west, and the south cliff face of the mountain top, which are three relatively independent rock faces. According to the Stele Inscription of Shimendong written by Deng Cheng in the ninth year of Chunxi reign (1182 A.D.), it is a place reflecting the combination and coexistence of Buddhist and Taoist statues. But it is especially featuring its Taoist sculptures. On December 1st of 1999, the Shizhuanshan Rock Carvings was inscribed as the World Heritage by UNESCO.