Nannie water stone carving Museum

Nannie water stone carving Museum

Nannieshui stone carving museum is located on Erlang mountain, 1km south of Qinxian City, with each Erlang mountain stone carving Museum. It was built in 1985 and opened on October 1, 1989. Zhao Puchu, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference and President of the Chinese Buddhist Association, inscribed the name of the museum on the cliff of Erlang mountain. The Museum covers an area of 30000 square meters, with a construction area of 5000 square meters and a display area of 3000 square meters. It is a building of Ming and Qing Dynasties. Facing south from north, it is divided into three locations, namely "Qunfu Palace", "Tongbi forest of Steles" and "Vientiane Museum". There are 250 halls in total, including forest of Steles hall, pagoda hall, stone carving hall, etc.

Collection introduction

The main cultural relics in the collection are Nannie water stone sculptures,

In addition to the display of more than 400 exquisite stone Buddha statues and head portraits, more than 100 calligraphy and paintings of celebrities and 101 inscriptions, the main collection includes 2139 stone statues unearthed in nannieshui village, 30 kilometers north of Qinxian city in 1959.

The origin of stone sculptures

According to the inscriptions, these stone sculptures came from the first year of Yongping in the Northern Wei Dynasty (508) to the ninth year of Tiansheng in the Northern Song Dynasty (1031), and accumulated folk stone art works of the Northern Wei, Eastern Wei, Northern Qi, Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties, which are quite rare in China. The themes of stone carvings are mainly rich and colorful Buddhist activities, integrating Chinese folk customs and Buddhism in the western regions. They are divided into four categories: written statues, individual statues, carved stone statues and tower shaped statues, with nearly 10000 statues. Some of the tower shaped statues are made of 389 carved stones in the city (Festival), which are 53 in total.

The stones used in the pagoda are square stones with niches on all sides. There are 9 more stones and 5 less. Each stone is surrounded by niches, Buddha statues and flower patterns. According to the calculation of the discovered tower shaped statue stones, more than 200 stone towers can be built. There are 1161 individual buildings (pieces) in the museum. The big one is 2.45 meters high, and the small one is about five feet high. It is a treasure of Chinese stone carving art. There are also more than 50 stone tablets with inscriptions. In addition to 20 stone steles, the others are all written steles. Among them, Tao's precious carving is the handwriting of Tao Yuanming in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. In 1741, the sixth year of Qianlong reign in Qing Dynasty, Zhang xiaonie, a native of Qinzhou, was appointed as the censor to inspect Jiangnan. He was very pleased that Tao Yuanming wrote the calligraphy to "master Yunlong" in 416, the 12th year of Yixi reign in Eastern Jin Dynasty, which was obtained by Wu Zetian in 699,

Wu wrote the postscript in person. Other celebrities such as Shen Yue and di Renjie also wrote inscriptions after reading. After that, Changshu people stamped the seal of "Yushan Laoqiao", which can be seen from the recognition of its people. The nine stone carvings, each 35 cm high and 110 cm wide, are of equal size. The first seven pieces are all pottery books with 12 poems and 810 words. Wu Zetian's inscriptions are 82 words in total, with her seals of "treasure of Fengge" and "authentic works of Fengge". The stone carvings were originally collected in nanmeigou village, Qincheng County, and have always been the heirloom of the Zhang family. After the July 7th incident, Zhang's descendants buried him underground. After occupying Qinxian County in 1939, the Japanese army sent troops to meigou three times to pursue the case. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, Zhang's descendants dedicated all of them to the country, which is still well preserved.

The stone carvings of Emperor Kangxi's calligraphy are also a treasure of Qin county. Around 1703, Emperor Kangxi bestowed his copy of a thousand character essay, poems, and his own calligraphy on Wu Yu, then the great Bachelor of Baohe palace and Minister of criminal justice of the Ministry of justice. Wu himself chose to buy Han white jade and visit famous workers to engrave and collect it. After Wu Yu's death, his son Wu Shiqian built a "Chenhan building" behind Wu's ancestral hall in the county seat, and the stone carvings were all embedded in the walls of the building. There are 48 stone carvings, each of which is 35 cm high and 100 cm wide, of equal size. A total of 1246 Kangxi Emperor's handwriting are preserved in the stone carvings, which are also stamped with five seals, such as "Kangxi Chenhan", "chijiqing banquet", "master of dragon heaven" and "chapter of Jigu Youwen".

In addition, there are a small number of stone carvings and poems of literati and poets of all ages eulogizing "Bifeng mountain".

Address: beside 009 Township Road, Erlang mountain top, south of Qin County, Changzhi City.

Longitude: 112.701658

Latitude: 36.743217

Ticket information: free. Free visit with valid certificate.

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