Stone Carvings at Shuijing Village Tomb

Stone Carvings at Shuijing Village Tomb

The Stone Carvings at Shuijing Village Tomb are a cultural tourism attraction.

Stone Carvings at Shuijing Village Tomb

Jiangsu Provincial-Level Cultural Relics Protection Unit, First and Second Batches, announced after adjustment in March 1982. The Shuijing Village Tomb Stone Carvings are located in Shuijing Village, Picheng, Danyang County (present-day Danyang City), Southern Dynasties period. In 1988, they were included as part of the "Danyang Southern Dynasties Tomb Stone Carvings" and announced as part of the Third Batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units.

Located several dozen meters southeast of Shuijing Village, Picheng Town, Danyang, the tomb has now been leveled. In front of the tomb are two stone stone beasts (stone xiezis) facing each other from south to north — the southern one is the female beast, the northern one the male, both in the form of lions. Their forms are long-bodied with short necks, depicted in a striding posture. The two beasts are symmetrically dynamic, with robust and full figures that exude vitality. The southern xiezhi is 1.85 meters long, 1.45 meters high, with a neck height of 0.65 meters and a body circumference of 1.62 meters; the northern xiezhi is 2 meters long, 1.51 meters high, with a neck height of 0.73 meters and a body circumference of 1.65 meters. They were elevated and placed on pedestals in May 1978. This tomb is said to be the burial site of Xiao Zhaoye, the deposed Emperor Qianfei of the Qi Dynasty.

Further Reading:

· First and Second Batches of Jiangsu Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units