The Artistic Value of Taishan Stone Carvings

Qinshan stone carvings have important artistic and historical values. Calligraphy is rigorous and vigorous, steady and peaceful; The glyph is fair and symmetrical, slender and beautiful; The lines are as round as iron, and the more round they are; Symmetrical structure, horizontal and vertical, clumsy outside and clever inside, suitable density. Yuan He praised and said, "The fist is as straight as a hairpin, and the bending iron is beautiful. The Millennium is thin and strong, and it is more stupid to look back at fat people. " "Dai Shi" said: "Although Qin has no way, his writing and calligraphy are unparalleled." Lu Xun thought that the stone carvings on Mount Tai in Qin were "qualitative and powerful, and actually originated from the inscriptions in Han and Jin Dynasties". At present, it is a first-class cultural relic collection.

Taishan rubbings are 29 characters, and 10 is common. The rubbings handed down from ancient times should be based on the rubbings of the Song Dynasty collected in Ming Dynasty in Anguo, Wuxi, with a total of 165 words. This collection was collected by Nakamura (1866) on July 1st, 15th year of Showa (1940). Another 53-word book was also copied by the famous works series of Japan, Shang Zhen Society of Shanghai Art Garden, Japanese Bookstore and Erxuan Society. Among the Qin stone carvings, only this one really has Langyatai stone carvings, and the rest are imitated by later generations.

China ancient stone carving is a wonderful work in the history of China's civilization for thousands of years. It is no exaggeration to describe them with "dazzling" and "beautiful", and Taishan stone carving is its outstanding representative. Ancient emperors offered sacrifices to Mount Tai, which is often seen in literary works. At that time, there were only ten words in the stone carvings of Qin Shihuang and Qin Ershi. After the Han Dynasty, due to historical reasons, not only emperors and generals held Buddhist ceremonies in Mount Tai repeatedly, but also a large number of literati and poets poured in. Moreover, Mount Tai has become a sacred mountain and an object of worship in the eyes of ordinary people, so tens of thousands of inscriptions and titles have been left in and around Mount Tai.

In order to systematically sort out this historical and cultural heritage, Zhonghua Book Company published the Stone Carvings on Mount Tai (10 volumes) edited by Yuan Mingying, a native of Tai 'an, Shandong Province, and edited by Ji Xianlin, Ren and Ouyang. This book * * * collects more than 6,000 kinds of stone carvings and steles in Mount Tai and its surrounding areas from ancient times to the present, of which more than 200 kinds are not recorded in relevant works in past dynasties. It has the characteristics of rich collection, accurate identification, complete photos, rubbings and records, and is of irreplaceable importance to the study of ancient history, literature, calligraphy, tourism, religion, aesthetics, philosophy and folk customs in Mount Tai and even in China.