Civilization on the rock--rambling on the cliff stone carvings in jiuhua mountain.

China has a long history of stone culture.

Guo's Lin Gao Quan Zhi says, "Stone is the bone of heaven and earth."

Cliff stone carvings, Millennium poems coexisting with rocks,

It not only carries the profound literature and calligraphy art created by ancestors,

It also left a humanistic vein that future generations can touch.

In Jiuhua Mountain, there are hundreds of places, large and small.

Or clear or mottled cliff stone carvings,

These memories carved in stone,

For more than a thousand years in Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing and Republic of China,

Make the magical Jiuhua Mountain more spiritual,

Become a veritable cultural mountain.

today

Let's have an interesting conversation.

Several stone carvings with high appearance rate in Jiuhua Mountain

The stone carving with the highest photo rate

"a scene"

In the fifty-sixth year of Kangxi (17 17), Ji Chun observed and produced three works of Zhu Han's Zuo Ding.

Located at the top of Tiantai Peak, two huge stones stand opposite each other, forming a narrow gap, which can only accommodate one person. People in it, leaning against the wall and looking, the sky is a line, so it is called "a line of sky." Of course, it is also a favorite place for tourists to take pictures.

Stone carvings most frequently mentioned by tour guides

It's great to meet Jiuhua after a brief encounter. I will broaden my horizons.

General Sun of the Republic of China.

Carved on the west stone wall of Qinglong back on the rooftop. When you come here, Tiantai Temple, the highest temple in Jiuhua Mountain, is in front of you. The tour guide can show us.

The most puzzling stone carving

"It's heaven."

Li Wenbang, Wang, et al. ( 1899).

"gradually enter Penglai"

The second year of Qianlong (1737) was carved on the stone cliff west of Xiashiban Road, Guanyin Peak, Tiantai.

Most tourists will be confused when they arrive here? "Penglai" and "fairyland" are Taoist sayings. Why did they appear in the land of Buddhist culture?

As we all know, Jiuhua Mountain is a famous summer resort integrating Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. The stone carvings on both sides reflect that Jiuhuashan Taoism still had a certain influence in the Qing Dynasty.

Famous people's most familiar inscriptions

There are monks, ordinary tourists, and many soldiers and celebrities paying for the cliff carvings in Jiuhua Mountain, such as Zhu Zuoding, governor of Anhui in Qing Dynasty, Xu Shiying, the eldest grandson of Kuomintang army, Tang Shizun and so on.

"The first mountain in the south of the Yangtze River" is engraved on the cliff stone beside the stone slab of Cui Yun Temple.

The signature was "The Book of Xu Shiying in Qiupu in the 12th year of the Republic of China (1923)".

"This strange stone preserves the air." On the cliff beside the slate road in Cui Yun, Ding Chou wrote an inscription for Zou Lu in summer (1937). (Zou Lu was a famous politician in the Republic of China)

The most telling stone carving

The den of the tiger was originally a cave. According to legend, the cave was originally a tiger's den, also known as Khufu Cave. Located in the north of Baisui Palace, it looks like two eyes of a faucet from a distance.

On both sides of the cave gate are engraved "Hu Fu Long Jiang Chi, Fairy Cave is named Shantian". After the mid-Ming Dynasty, many eminent monks practiced Taoism here, which is considered as an excellent place to practice. There is also a story about two Zen masters in the Qing Dynasty who "saved the tiger by saving the dragon".

The cliff carvings in Jiuhua Mountain were carved on the precipice.

Content or promotion of religious principles;

Or mark the landscape of place names, or climb mountains by touching the scenery;

Or persuade people to be good and express an uncontested ideological realm.

Integrate with the surrounding environment,

It adds rich humanistic flavor and beautiful artistic value to the natural scenery.

Interpreting the historical and cultural development track and vein of Jiuhua Mountain on rocks,

Feel the vicissitudes of Jiuhua in the story!

Jiuhua, a mountain and a stone, are all telling touching stories!

Photography | Yang Yinlong, Yang Hongxuan, Zhuang Kaiqiang

Edit | Chen Li

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