This article is reproduced from: People's Daily Overseas Edition
The first batch includes 1658 channels (squares)
The State Administration of Cultural Heritage released a list of famous monuments and inscriptions
"People's Daily Overseas Edition" (11th edition on July 24, 2023)
"Stone "Drum-Tianche Carved Stone" was included in the "List of the First Batch of Ancient Famous Monuments and Inscriptions". There are 10 stone drums in total, made of granite, about 90 centimeters high and 60 centimeters in diameter. (The website of the Palace Museum) |
"The Stele of Yang Gongji Desong, Governor of the Tang Dynasty" was included in the "List of the First Batch of Ancient Famous Monuments and Inscriptions". The stele was carved in the Tang Dynasty, 168 cm high, 82 cm wide and 20 cm thick. (Dunhuang Museum website) |
"Cheng Zhe stele in the first year of Tianping in the Eastern Wei Dynasty" was included in the "List of the First Batch of Ancient Famous Steles and Inscriptions". In the center of the stele, there is a relief sculpture of a seated Sakyamuni in a circular arched niche. The inner and outer lines of the niche are engraved with flying apsaras, attendants, pictures of scriptures and Dharma guardian lions, etc. (Shanxi Museum website) |
The cliff stone inscription "Chaoyang Pavilion written by Zhang Xiaoxiang in the second year of Qiandao in the Southern Song Dynasty" was included in the "First Batch of Ancient Famous Steles and Inscriptions Cultural Relics List", located in the Elephant Trunk Mountain and Moon Cave of the Lijiang River in Guilin, Guangxi. The inscription was written by Zhang Xiaoxiang, a famous poet and calligrapher in the Southern Song Dynasty. (Guihai Forest of Steles Museum website) |
According to Xinhua News Agency, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage recently released the "List of the First Batch of Ancient Famous Steles and Inscriptions", including 1,658 important cultural relics such as inscriptions and cliff inscriptions. These inscriptions were carved from the Warring States Period to the Qing Dynasty, and they are distributed in 31 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government. They are now preserved and collected in 323 cultural relics protection units and 221 cultural relics collection units.
According to reports, the catalog released this time shows the age, type, shape and distribution area of ancient Chinese inscriptions, records the history of exchanges and integration of ancient Chinese multi-ethnic groups, and is a vivid example of the pattern of pluralism and unity of the Chinese nation. Relevant cultural relics also show the evolution of ancient Chinese characters, calligraphy, and literature, reflect the important achievements of ancient economic society, scientific and technological development, and record the history of exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese civilization and other civilizations.
The person in charge of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage said that in view of the huge amount of resources, the list of ancient cultural relics with famous steles and inscriptions is released in batches. The list announced this time takes ancient stele and stone inscriptions carved before 1911 as the selection objects.
(Yang Zhanfei, Shi Yucen)
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