#The Stone Carving Relic Park of the Southern Song Dynasty Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in May)
The stone inscriptions of the park are mainly carved by the Southern Song Dynasty, covering some works during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are more than 200 statues made of stone. The stone carvings of the Southern Song Dynasty are famous for their accurate shape, diverse body movements and vivid expressions. The literary, military, sturdy, and sacred statues in the garden represent "loyalty, courage, festival, righteousness, and filial piety" respectively; they vividly reproduce the historical and human landscape at that time. The most striking of the stone carvings is the stone statue of the literary general. They are especially tall. The stone carvings of Yuefei's tomb are 2 meters high. The stone carving height of Yangxu's tomb is only 1.5 meters, and they are as high as 3.5 meters. The shore is tall and straight, and it is necessary to look up to have the full view. Wenchen wears a crown, holds a pilgrimage, like a god, a long, elegant posture, Antai, with a solemn face, like a gentleman looking respectful and sincere. Just like the expression of the sacred mind, and full of ambition. The statues of the generals are wearing helmets and are very high, the wings of the phoenix are large, and the scales of the armor are squashed, they are tightly buckled, and their eyes shine like a torch. Although it has experienced more than 800 years of natural erosion from wind and rain , it still gives a realistic feeling to the people.
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In the history of stone carving in China, there are few stone carvings in the Southern Song Dynasty. The size of the stone inscriptions in the Eastern Song Dynasty and the Song Dynasty are large, the number of sculptures, the essence of carving, the concentration of distribution, and the perfection of preservation are still unique in China.
The two sides of the Shinto are symmetrically placed with stone horses and beasts. Look at this horse's head, the details of the carving are so delicate.
The ancient Chinese emperors will always believe in the existence and immortality of the soul, and therefore pay special attention to the place of burial. The careful selection of the cemetery, the mausoleum's dedication and luxury extravagance are left to be said, and even the tombs often have some symbolic stone carvings. According to the history book, it is mainly because the emperors of the Southern Song Dynasty have always dreamed that they will be able to recover the Northland one day, so they only made a "burial" in Shaoxing after the death; the tomb of Wang Ling is relatively simple. The number, scale, and even specifications of the Dongqian Hunan Song stone engraving group are far more than the above two, which is even rarer and more precious. In recent years, some domestic and foreign experts have come to investigate. It is generally believed that the Southern Song Dynasty stone carving group of Dongqian Lake is exquisitely carved, numerous in number, geographically concentrated and distinctive in characteristics. It is a masterpiece of the stone carving art of the Southern Song Dynasty.