Scattered Stone Carvings at the Flower and Tree Farm

Scattered Stone Carvings at the Flower and Tree Farm

The scattered stone carvings at the flower and tree farm are a protected cultural heritage site of Haishu District.

The scattered stone carvings at the flower and tree farm are stone carvings from different eras that were relocated and gathered sporadically. They are distributed along both sides of the central axis and in the surrounding area of the gravel path in the small park within Ningbo Yizhi Chun Flower and Tree Company in Shuangyin Village, Jishi Port Town, Haishu District. The distribution is as follows:

1. Republican-era Stone Lion: Placed under the steps of the front building on the north side of the central axis, this is an inverted-hanging lion from the wing of a Republican-era tomb frame, carved in full round sculpture.

2. One Ming Dynasty Stone Tiger: Located on the south side in the middle of the central axis, carved in full round sculpture, it is a tomb-front stone carving.

3. One Ming Dynasty Stone Tiger: Situated on the south side below the platform of the central axis (all the following are also on the platform and will not be described again), carved in full round sculpture with a hollowed-out belly.

4. A Pair of Ming Dynasty Stone Tigers: Symmetrically arranged on both sides of the central axis, carved in full round sculpture, made of limestone.

5. A Ming Dynasty Half-Figure Statue of a Civil Official: Located in front of the screen wall on the central axis, made of plum garden stone, carved in full round sculpture. Judging from the condition of the half-figure, the lower part appears to have naturally broken from a stone crevice and was therefore not brought over at the time, rather than being artificially cut off.

6. Placed on the platform and arranged in a wall-like formation from left to right as described below:

(1) Republican-era Tomb Frame Stone Carving: The upper part depicts a male lion, the lower part the central figure of the “Eight Immortals,” made of stream stone.

(2) Republican-era Tomb Frame Top Stone Carving: Depicts a design of a double phoenix and peony facing the sun. Made of plum garden stone.

(3) Yuan Dynasty Tomb Path Stone Carving: Features a design of double phoenixes and peonies, composed of patterns such as rockeries, peony trees and flowers, and double phoenixes, using a bas-relief high relief openwork artistic technique with Yuan Dynasty characteristics.

(4) Republican-era Double Dragon Pearl Stone Carving: Carved using a relief technique. Made of stream stone.

(5) Sun Gonghua and Ma Tinghuai’s Preparatory Tomb Inscription, with double dragon pearls carved in relief at the top and epitaph inscribed in intaglio at the bottom.

(6) Republican-era Double Dragon Pearl Stone Carving: High relief carving. Made of plum garden stone.

(7) (8) (9) (10) (11) All are Republican-era tomb frame stone carvings, featuring lions at the top and figures at the bottom.

(12) Republican-era Double Dragon Pearl Design, unusually elongated, high relief carving. Made of plum garden stone.

(13) (14) (15) (16) (17) are the same as (7)–(11).

(18) (19) (20) are Republican-era figure designs.

(21) Republican-era “Three Stars of Fortune, Prosperity, and Longevity” Design.

(22) (23) (24) are Republican-era figure designs.

(25) Republican-era Tomb Frame Lion.

All the above stone carvings use various carving techniques, including full round sculpture, high relief, low relief, line engraving, and yin-yang patterns. They blend history and art, possessing significant artistic value. In September 2010, they were announced as part of the ninth batch of district-level cultural heritage protection units in Yinzhou District, and were transferred to Haishu District in 2016 following the administrative division adjustment of Ningbo City.

Source: Haishu District Cultural Relics Management Office

Shuangyin Village: Shuangyin Village is located in a semi-mountainous area, bordering Hushan Village to the east, connecting to Siming Mountain to the south, adjacent to Shenxi Village to the west, and linked to Shanxiazhuang Village to the north. The village has a total population of 1,056, with 378 households and 29 party members, including 1 probationary member and 3 female party members. It covers a mountain forest area of 2,355 mu and a cultivated land area of 826 mu. Surrounded by water on three sides and facing Yinshan Mountain to the south, the mountaintop hosts a monument to revolutionary martyrs, which once served as a revolutionary base for the New Fourth Army and the 35th Detachment.

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