From the first feudal emperor Qin Shihuang in China, the Six Dynasties and 12 emperors all came here to worship Zen. Li Bai, Du Fu and other historical and cultural celebrities have traveled around and left many immortal poems and ink marks. These precious poems have formed more than 2,500 stone carvings on Mount Tai, giving it endless charm.
Among more than 2,500 stone carvings, there are not only numerous masterpieces, but also stunning works in a few words; There are not only tall cliff stone carvings here, but also small and exquisite monuments, and the cliff stone carvings in Taishan Mountain Valley [1] are known as the originator of large characters and the master of book lists in Taishan stone carvings.
Stone valley cliff stone carvings are half a meter per word. Calligraphy takes official script as the skeleton, absorbs the artistic connotation of Weibei and seal script, and creates a unique official script art in the history of calligraphy in China.
The Diamond Sutra, the full name of "King Kong Prajna Paramita Sutra", is the most widely circulated Buddhist sutra in China, and is known as "an eternal classic with unparalleled wisdom and unparalleled blessings". There are seven Chinese versions of the Tripitaka, the most influential of which is Kumarajiva's version, and the Diamond Sutra of Mount Taishan Valley is Kumarajiva's translation.
The earliest extant Chinese version of Diamond Sutra was in 868 AD. It was originally hidden in the Tibetan Sutra Cave in Dunhuang, and 1900 was lost overseas. Now it is in the British Museum. The Stone Valley Cliff Carved Sutra was carved in the 6th century A.D., more than 300 years earlier than the earliest Chinese version of the Diamond Sutra.