The inscription on the cliff of Dongcun Crystal Mine is located in the cliff below shaxi town Xiadongcunkou Highway, 65 miles east of Xinchang County, with its back against Shichang Mountain and next to Guixi River, with an altitude of 28 meters.
this inscription has a history of more than 7 years, and it records that in November of the second year of Yuan Dade (1298), the ambassador of East Zhejiang made a declaration of comfort. I came here on orders and collected 11,374 Jin of crystal ore. In the first month of the following year, huh? The process of crystal mining is written on this cliff. The inscription faces south and is divided into two pieces, left and right. The left and right characters are ***12 vertical lines, with different words per line. The script is in block letters, engraved in intaglio, and the full text is ***13 words. The inscription area is about 1 square meters. Original text:
Zuo Cheng, a Chinese book, got a collection of crystals in Shichangshan from January to December, with a personal rate of about 11,374 Jin, all of which are rare and wonderful.
Youwen: "In November of Dade's second year, he was ordered to search for crystals, and went from Zhanglin, Ninghai to Shichang, Xinchang, to vent his hidden treasure, to pay tribute to heaven, to explain the treasures in the lower part, to show his virtue in the upper part, and to do what he had done in the right way, and to do what he had done in stone."
clue: "In the third year of Dade, on the first month of the third year, Jin Wuwei traveled to the east to announce the ambassador's assassination? 。”
The calligraphy structure and brushwork meaning of the inscription are obvious, and the structure of Samonji is convergent, with straight strokes and no inflectional brushwork meaning; The font structure of the right-hand script and the abstract script is indulgent, dotted and folded in many ways, and the meaning of the line is preserved. Generally speaking, this inscription is rich in brushwork, changeable in structure, rigorous, and full of vitality, which is in sharp contrast with Wang's calligraphy style represented by Zhao Ziang at that time, so it is of great significance in the history of calligraphy art in Yuan Dynasty. Because the inscription records the mineral resources in Dongcun area in detail, it also has important historical value. It is not only one of the more important cliff inscriptions in Yuan Dynasty in Zhejiang Province, but also an important historical site for studying geology and minerals in Zhejiang Province. It provides reliable historical data for studying Xinchang's history, geological and mineral resources and developing Xinchang's economy, and it is also a supplement to Yuan History and New Yuan History. To spread and study the history of Zhejiang in Yuan Dynasty, especially to provide historical data for the study of Zhejiang minerals.
The inscription on the cliff of Dongcun Crystal Mine was seriously weathered due to natural damage such as air pollution and rain erosion, and some handwriting began to fall off. Approved by the provincial cultural relics department, the protection project of the inscription on the cliff of Crystal Mine started on March 25th, 28 and was completed at the end of May of the same year.
This cliff inscription was published as a provincial cultural relics protection unit in 1989.
shaxi town: Xinchang county governs the town. Shaxi Township was established in 195, the commune was rebuilt in 1958, the township was re-established in 1983, and the town was re-established in 1988. In 1992, shaxi town, Dongcun Township and Caifeng Township merged to establish shaxi town. Located in the east of the county seat, 22 kilometers away from the county seat. It covers an area of 117.7 square kilometers and has a population of 17,. Jiangba highway crosses the border. It has jurisdiction over Shaxi, Wang Jianian, Shanglingshan, Zhenzhao, Xinkeng, Shangxu, Hong, Jiejieling, Gankeng, Xinqiao, Liwan, Zhangjiache, Sunjiatian, Waiwan, Hexi, Lishaxi, Tangjiaping, Shangcai 'ao, Xiacai 'ao.