Jin Dynasty Cliff Carvings

Jin Dynasty Cliff Carvings

The Jin Dynasty Cliff Carvings are a cultural tourism attraction.

Jin Dynasty Cliff Carvings

Batch and announcement date: First batch, April 13, 1961

Address: Qingyun Village, Xiaoyang Township, Meihekou

Year: Jin Dynasty

Category: Stone carving

Managing organization: Meihekou Cultural Relics Management Office

Is it open to the public: Yes

The Jin Dynasty Cliff Carvings are one of the only surviving examples of inscriptions in the Jurchen script in China, located on the southern slope of Banjie Mountain, 0.5 kilometers north of Qingyun Village, Xiaoyang Township, Meihekou City. The inscriptions were carved in the second year of the Jin Dynasty's founding era (1116 AD), distributed on both sides of the stone cliffs. On the eastern cliff face are three lines of fifteen Chinese characters that read: “The Great Jin Emperor Tàizǔ inflicted a great defeat on the Liao army at Jieshan, where the horses rested — this stone was erected.” To the left of these are four lines of twenty-three Jurchen characters, likely a translation of the Chinese text. The western cliff face bears over seventy Jurchen characters arranged in seven lines, documenting a war that took place in the Hailong area (now Meihekou) during the early Jin Dynasty.