A brief introduction to the scenic spots of Songmuya Stone Carving in Xixia;
Located at the foot of the patio at 13km in Chengxian County, Gansu Province, the Song Cliff Stone Carving in Xixia, commonly known as "Huanglong Monument", was carved in Jianning four years in the Eastern Han Dynasty (A.D. 17 1). Xixia Cliff Monument is 2.2 meters high and 3.4 meters wide. The inscription is "Huian Xibiao". The text is in tabular form, with 12 lines and 385 words carved in official script, each word is 9 to 10 cm square. This paper mainly describes Li Ming's life and achievements as a local governor, and his moral policy of leading the people to build the narrow ancient road in the west to benefit the people. Inscriptions and calligraphy are of great value to stone research and copying appreciation. The characters are engraved with images of Huanglong, White Deer, Ganlu, Jiahe, Mulianli and Lu Chengren. Around the inscriptions, there are more than 30 inscriptions about Song and Yuan symbols, main roads, Xi Chun, Guangxu in Qing Dynasty, visits to the ancient times by some literati during the Republic of China, and the Stone Carvings on Cliffs in the Eastern Han Dynasty and Ode to Xixia inscribed by Li Keran, a master of modern Chinese painting. On the lower left of the Xixia Ode, there is also a cliff stone carving in Han Li, commonly known as "Peach Blossom Monument". About 1 km to the east, there is a cliff stone carving named "The Monument of Gengxu, the satrap of Hanwu in the third year of Xiping in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 173)", which records Li Geng's political achievements.
The cliff stone carving in Xixia is one of the three existing stone carvings in China, namely, Ode to Shimen, Ode to Floating and Ode to Xixia, which are the best preserved. It integrates literature, painting, calligraphy, Confucianism and local official system, and is an important material evidence for studying superficial articles in the Eastern Han Dynasty and even social politics, economy and transportation at that time.