Knee Amputation Hell of Dazu Grottoes

The sculptures of Knee Amputation Hell can be divided into upper part and lower part.

The stories of upper part are as below:

"Niaotuonu falls into hell because of selling wine"

Niaotuonu holds a wine bottle and sells wines to people. The man beside Niaotuonu is holding a cup and persuading a monk to drink wine. The monk is going to drink the wine. It means that the monk used to comply the disciplines, but he finally breaks the disciplines because of the seduction of the woman and the man who sells wines to people. Buddhism thinks that the monk is guilty, but the wine sellers are also guilty.

"Wangjuemoluo falls into hell because of drinking wine"

Wangjuemoluo killed his father in order to rape his mother after drinking wines.

"Husband does not recognize wife"

The husband wrings wife's ear and seem not to recognize his wife after drinking wine.

"Father does not recognize son"

The father sits on bed and does not recognize his son who is looking after his father.

The stories of lower part are as below:

"Elder brother dose not recognize younger brother"

The elder brother sits on the ground and pushes away the younger brother who is looking after him. The elder brother seems not to recognize his younger brother and abuses him.

"Elder sister does not recognize younger sister"

Drunken elder sister does not recognize her younger sister and touches the chest of her younger sister.

All stories above are presenting typical examples of doing something wrong after drinking wine. In order to educate people not to do these, the punishments are carved at the lower part. A man who breaks the discipline is sitting on the ground and the jailer is going to cut the man's knee.

The sculptures are so vivid that they can educate people. And it also reflects the real life of our society.