Brief introduction of Shangzhi stele forest:
Shangzhi Forest of Steles is the largest cultural relic in northern China, and it is a tourist attraction with great cultural charm and artistic connotation. It recorded the poems and ink of Zhao Shangzhi, Zhao Yiman and other anti-Japanese heroes and contemporary famous artists, and collected the works of famous calligraphers in various periods. Wandering among them will arouse people's strong sense of loftiness and beauty.
Shangzhi city Cultural and Artistic Heritage Forest is located in Xinjian Road, shangzhi city (formerly Zhao Shangzhi Memorial Hall), covering an area of 32,000 square meters and a building area of 2,200 square meters. Founded in 1999, with a total investment of 100000 yuan (including more than 7 million yuan in 2002), it can receive 65000 tourists every year, and a new calligraphy gallery in Ganlongbi is built.
Shangzhi forest of steles consists of two parts, one is a stele gallery about 600 meters long, and the other is a forest of steles on the ground. There are more than 400 inscriptions/kloc-0 in the two parts. The content consists of seven columns, namely, the General Art Garden, the Pearl River Love, the origin of calligraphy, the quintessence of the Millennium, the brilliance of seal cutting altar, and the combination of gardens and the light of wisdom. It is praised as a scenic spot of calligraphy by Shen Peng, chairman of the China Calligraphers Association. Shangzhi stele forest has the largest echo wall of calligraphy art in the world, with strong echo effect and unique timbre. The forest of steles also has the world's largest seal cutting seal-Jiulong Seal, which was officially approved by Guinness International Headquarters as the world's best in February 2001/kloc-0. Kyushu Longteng Seal was designed by Qi Zhanyi, the grandson of Qi Baishi, representing the era level of seal cutting in China.