According to statistics, there are more than 65,438+0,000 stone tablets in Qufu Confucius Temple, including Confucius Memorial Hall, Confucius Memorial Hall, Confucius Memorial Hall, merit monument and so on. These stone tablets are engraved not only with Chinese, but also with some minority languages, such as Manchu and Mongolian. No matter from the time span or quantity, it is of great reference value to the study of China's ancient history and culture.
Judging from the calligraphy art of inscriptions and plaques, all kinds of fonts have different styles and characteristics and are rare treasures. There are more than 20 inscriptions in the Han Dynasty and Chinese characters, which are the places where more inscriptions in the Han Dynasty are preserved in China. Monument, Book of Rites, Monument to Confucius and Monument to Shi Chenbei are Han Li's representative works, and Monument to Zhang Menglong and Monument to Jia Shijun are Wei Ti's representative works.
In addition, the Confucius Temple also has the calligraphy of Sun Normal University, Mi Fei, Dang, Zhao Mengfu, Zhang Qiyan, Li Dongyang, Dong Qichang and Weng Fanggang, as well as the titles of Yuan Haowen and Guo.
The sculpture in Confucius Temple is also the top grade of China stone carving art, especially the stone pillar carving dragon in Dacheng Hall, which is a masterpiece of stone carving art. The stone carving techniques in Confucius Temple are varied, such as wire carving and relief.
The lines are engraved with restored land, carved land, plain land and connecting land. Relief is deep and shallow, smooth and rough. The style is rigorous and fine, or bold and unconstrained, with smooth lines and beautiful shapes.
There are 74 stone pillars carved in pounds in the Ming and Qing Dynasties in the temple, including 56 flat reliefs and 8 high reliefs/kloc-0. Most of the ground flat carvings are small Yunlong and phoenix peony, which were carved in the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty. There are flowers such as peony, pomegranate and lotus in the Chongsheng Temple, and the composition is beautiful. In addition, the bas-relief Yunlong stone in Shengshimen, Dachengmen and Dachengdian also has high artistic value.