There is such a stone carving on Mount Tai, which is insignificant but significant. When you visit Mount Tai, you must not miss it.
The world's best seal script Taishan stone carving
There are more than 0/000 stone carvings on Mount Tai/KLOC-0, and it is recorded in Zhuangzi: "There are more than 800 stone carvings on Mount Tai in 72 Jun Dengfeng."
Among many stone carvings, the most precious one is a stone tablet existing in the East Imperial Pavilion of Daimiao. It is the famous "Taishan Stone Carving", which has a history of more than 2,000 years and is the earliest stone carving in the history of calligraphy in China.
The stone carvings on Mount Tai were written by Li Si, the prime minister of Qin Dynasty. Li Si is not only a prime minister, but also a famous calligrapher.
After Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, in order to commemorate his great achievements, he went to Mount Tai to worship Zen. After the ceremony, Qin Shihuang found a stone pillar on the top of the mountain and ordered Lisi to write and carve stones.
Taishan stone carving is delicate, smooth, symmetrical, euphemistic and full of power.
Zhang Huaiguan, a calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, compared the small seal script of Taishan stone carving in Shu Duan: "Painting is like iron stone, words are like flying", and praised Taishan stone carving as "the treasure of the country and the French style of a hundred generations".
Seeing this, Professor Ke couldn't help wondering: How did the ancients ensure that the handwriting was consistent with the original when they carved such beautiful calligraphy works on such a hard stone?
The wisdom of ancient craftsmen's stone carving
It turns out that before the ancients carved words on the stone, they would cover the original with a translucent paper, double hook the original writing with a miniature brush, and then stick the paper on the surface of the stone and carve according to the traces of the double hook.
In addition, when carving, clever craftsmen will also use a special skill-reverse engraving, which can break their inherent understanding of strokes and make the carved handwriting closer to the original.
It is said that many stone carvings we saw on Mount Tai were carved upside down by craftsmen.
Besides the stone carvings of Mount Tai, the stone carvings of Wuyishan are also worth seeing.
These celebrities all left stone carvings in Wuyishan.
Wuyishan stone carving has a long history, rich content and various forms.
When Zhu lived in Wuyi Jingshe, he carved his Nine Songs on a stone.
Chen Ming retired to Wuyishan, leaving behind the poem "In its prime, Qian Shan travels thousands of miles". A gentleman can't live without such integrity. The famous phrase "Pearl hides light and flatters oneself, Jade Mountain contains splendor, and a gentleman is indispensable" expresses unyielding integrity by taking advantage of mountains and rivers.