Beishan site

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Buddhist rock carving site cultural heritage site

The Beishan site is a major section of the Dazu Rock Carvings in Chongqing, China, renowned for its extensive Buddhist cliff sculptures dating mainly from the 9th to 13th centuries.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Beishan rock carvings	1
Beishan site canonical	1
Shimenshan site	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8219805 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Beishan site
Context triple: [Dazu Rock Carvings, hasPart, Beishan site]

A. Maibang archaeological site
Maibang archaeological site is an ancient historical complex in Assam, India, featuring ruins and relics of the former Dimasa kingdom that attract visitors interested in archaeology and regional history.
B. Zhouyuan archaeological site
The Zhouyuan archaeological site is an important ancient ruins complex in Shaanxi, China, believed to be a core area of the Western Zhou dynasty’s early capital and a key source of bronze inscriptions and artifacts.
C. Daminggong site
Daminggong site is the archaeological remains of the grand imperial palace complex of the Tang dynasty in Xi'an, China, now preserved as a major historical and cultural heritage site.
D. Erlitou site
The Erlitou site is an important early Bronze Age urban and cultural center in China, widely associated by many scholars with the archaeological remains of the legendary Xia dynasty.
E. Han Yangling archaeological site
The Han Yangling archaeological site is the mausoleum complex and surrounding burial landscape of Emperor Jing of the Western Han dynasty, renowned for its vast underground pits filled with terracotta figurines, artifacts, and sacrificial remains.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Beishan site
Target entity description: The Beishan site is a major section of the Dazu Rock Carvings in Chongqing, China, renowned for its extensive Buddhist cliff sculptures dating mainly from the 9th to 13th centuries.

A. Maibang archaeological site
Maibang archaeological site is an ancient historical complex in Assam, India, featuring ruins and relics of the former Dimasa kingdom that attract visitors interested in archaeology and regional history.
B. Zhouyuan archaeological site
The Zhouyuan archaeological site is an important ancient ruins complex in Shaanxi, China, believed to be a core area of the Western Zhou dynasty’s early capital and a key source of bronze inscriptions and artifacts.
C. Daminggong site
Daminggong site is the archaeological remains of the grand imperial palace complex of the Tang dynasty in Xi'an, China, now preserved as a major historical and cultural heritage site.
D. Erlitou site
The Erlitou site is an important early Bronze Age urban and cultural center in China, widely associated by many scholars with the archaeological remains of the legendary Xia dynasty.
E. Han Yangling archaeological site
The Han Yangling archaeological site is the mausoleum complex and surrounding burial landscape of Emperor Jing of the Western Han dynasty, renowned for its vast underground pits filled with terracotta figurines, artifacts, and sacrificial remains.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist rock carving site ⓘ cultural heritage site ⓘ
associatedDynasty	Five Dynasties period ⓘ linked to: Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period Late Tang dynasty ⓘ linked to: Late Tang warlord era Song dynasty ⓘ
associatedReligion	Mahayana Buddhism ⓘ linked to: Mahayana
conservationStatus	protected ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
culturalRegion	Sichuan-Chongqing region ⓘ linked to: Chengdu–Chongqing economic circle
depicts	Buddhas ⓘ bodhisattvas ⓘ donor figures ⓘ guardian figures ⓘ
hasArtStyle	Chinese Buddhist sculpture ⓘ Song dynasty style ⓘ Tang dynasty style ⓘ linked to: Tang dynasty
hasFeature	cliff sculptures ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ relief carvings ⓘ rock-cut niches ⓘ
hasFunction	pilgrimage site ⓘ religious site ⓘ
hasLanguageOfInscriptions	Classical Chinese ⓘ
hasReliefType	high relief ⓘ low relief ⓘ
heritageCriteria	UNESCO criterion (i) ⓘ UNESCO criterion (ii) ⓘ UNESCO criterion (iii) ⓘ UNESCO criterion (iv) ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
locatedIn	Chongqing ⓘ Dazu District ⓘ southwestern China ⓘ
mainConstructionPeriod	10th century ⓘ 11th century ⓘ 12th century ⓘ 13th century ⓘ 9th century ⓘ
managementBy	local cultural heritage authorities of Chongqing ⓘ
materialUsed	sandstone cliff ⓘ
notableFor	extensive Buddhist cliff sculptures ⓘ
partOf	Dazu Buddhist grottoes complex ⓘ Dazu Rock Carvings ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
significance	major section of the Dazu Rock Carvings ⓘ
tourismType	cultural tourism destination ⓘ
UNESCOProperty	Dazu Rock Carvings ⓘ
worldHeritageSince	1999 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dazu Rock Carvings → hasPart → Beishan site ⓘ

Dazu Rock Carvings → hasPart → Shimenshan site ⓘ

linked to: Beishan site

Dazu District → hasNotableSite → Beishan rock carvings ⓘ