Fanzi Stone Carvings

Fanzi Stone Carvings

The Fanzi Stone Carvings are a municipal-level cultural heritage site protected by Beijing.

The Fanzi Stone Carvings are located

in Fanzipai Township and are among the fourth batch of municipal-level cultural heritage sites protected by Beijing.

They are carved on the sunny side of Hushan Mountain to the north of the township. The artisans utilized different facets of the mountain rock to carve several groups of Fanzi characters in varying sizes, with peculiar symbols inscribed in the middle and at the end of the texts. Additionally, Fanzi characters are also carved on a large boulder on the eastern slope near the township hospital. According to research, these Fanzi characters include scripts in Sanskrit, Mongolian, and Tibetan, and their content is the Buddhist “Six-Syllable Mantra.” These carvings serve as important physical evidence for the study of the history and culture of China’s northern ethnic minorities.

Source: Beijing Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics

Further Reading:

· Fourth Batch of Municipal-Level Cultural Heritage Sites Protected by Beijing