Southern Song Dynasty Stone Carving Museum

Southern Song Dynasty Stone Carving Museum

The park covers an area of 6.7 hectares, with a total investment of over 30 million yuan. The stone carvings in the park are mainly from the Southern Song Dynasty, along with works from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, totaling more than 200 pieces. While China has many stone carving works, most primarily depict Buddhist grottoes and imperial mausoleums — the Southern Song Dynasty is the exception. Surprisingly, none of the grand imperial stone carvings from the Southern Song Dynasty have representative pieces, yet numerous tomb path carvings were discovered in the burial sites of the four most important prime ministers of the Southern Song. These carvings not only fill the gap in the history of stone carving art during the Southern Song period, but also represent the largest scale, finest craftsmanship, and most concentrated distribution of such works in China. As you enter the park, the first things you see are five stone carvings: civil officials, military generals, crouching tigers, standing horses, and kneeling sheep. These five carvings symbolize “loyalty, bravery, chastity, righteousness, and filial piety,” recreating the historical and cultural landscape of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Telephone

0574-88401022

Admission Fee

Admission: 30 RMB

Opening Hours

08:30—17:30

Location

Dongqian Lake Tourism Resort, Yinzhou District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province

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