The Donglei Stone Carvings (including the Yowan Stone Carvings)

The Donglei Stone Carvings (including the Yowan Stone Carvings)

The Donglei Stone Carvings (including the Yowan Stone Carvings) are a protected cultural relic site of Lianyungang City.

The Donglei Stone Carvings (including the Yowan Stone Carvings) (Qing Dynasty to Republic of China)

The Donglei Stone Carvings (including the Yowan Stone Carvings) are located in Donglei Village and Yowan Village, Yuntai Subdistrict, under the administration of the Yuntai Mountain Scenic Area Management Committee in Lianyungang City. This collection of stone carvings from the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China period consists of over 50 pieces, carved on the rock faces near Yanfu Temple and around the Old Dragon Pool in Yowan. Among them, the inscription “Wanhe Chaozong” (literally “All Valleys Pay Tribute to the Same Source,” owned by Nanyuntai Forest Farm) is a Qing Dynasty carving. The carving surface is 0.5 meters high and 1.93 meters wide, with main characters 44 cm in size and inscriber details 6 cm in size, all in regular script. The “Dengshan Guanhai” (literally “Climb the Mountain to View the Sea”) inscription (owned by Nanyuntai Forest Farm) is a Qing Dynasty carving, with a carving panel 1.2 meters long and 0.6 meters wide. The main inscription is 35 cm and the smaller one 14 cm, both in clerical script. The “Xitoupen” (literally “Washing Basin”) poem carving is a Qing Dynasty work, inscribed and composed by Yang Tingzhen, with characters 11 cm in size, in regular script. The “Chonglai Donglei” (literally “Returning to Donglei”) inscription has characters 25 cm in size, in regular script. The “Wenquan” (literally “Hot Spring”) inscription is from the Republic of China period, featuring two characters in regular script, each 60 cm in size, with the inscription crediting “Tao Shiying, spring of the 8th year of the Republic of China.” There are currently three stone carvings in Yowan: Yao Shizhang’s “Feixue” (literally “Flying Snow”) inscription, the “Huajingshi” (literally “Flower Mirror Stone”) inscription, and the “Qushui” (literally “Meandering Water”) inscription. Yao Shizhang, a native of Renhe in Zhejiang, was a successful candidate in the imperial examination during the Guangxu era, head of Haizhou Shishi Academy, and renowned nationwide for his seal script.

Further Reading:

· The Fifth Batch of Municipal-Level Protected Cultural Relic Sites in Lianyungang City