Stone Carvings on West Mountain in Nancheng

Stone Carvings on West Mountain in Nancheng

The stone carvings on West Mountain in Nancheng are a cultural relic protection unit of Lianyungang City.

The stone carvings on West Mountain in Nancheng are located on West Mountain in Nancheng District, Xinpu. The carvings are distributed across an irregular granite gneiss outcrop on the southeastern slope of West Mountain, approximately 3 meters high and 10 meters long. There are three sets of carvings from south to north: the southernmost features the two characters “夕佳” (Xi Jia), each about 50 cm in size, inscribed by Qian Yong; the middle one bears the four characters “俯瞰东溟” (Fu Kan Dong Ming), each about 33 cm, signed by Yanghu Lake Guan Gan Zhen; the northernmost consists of a clerical script poem in three-character lines composed by local Nancheng literati and juren (successful candidates in the imperial examinations) Wu Xiufeng and Wu Hushan during the third year of the Republic of China. It has eight lines with six characters each and two lines of signature totaling 24 characters. The carved surface measures 90×120 square centimeters. This carving provides physical material for the study of local history and holds significant value for researching calligraphic art from the Qing Dynasty to the early Republican period. It was designated as part of the second batch of municipal cultural relic protection units in Lianyungang in 1993.