Carvings on Chengmen Mountain

Carvings on Chengmen Mountain

The carvings on Chengmen Mountain are a cultural relic protection unit of Fuzhou City.

Carvings on Chengmen Mountain

Located on the Flying Rock atop Chengmen Mountain in Chengmen Village, Chengmen Town, Cangshan District, 500 meters to the southwest lies the Chengmen Central Primary School. The carvings were created within a niche carved out of the base stone beneath a wind-blown rock. The niche contains four relief sculptures: the King of the Underworld (Dizang), the Sage of Sizhou, and two attendants. The King of the Underworld is seated in the lotus position on a lotus pedestal, holding a Buddhist staff. He measures 0.74 meters in height and 0.41 meters in width. The Sage of Sizhou is 0.71 meters tall and 0.34 meters wide, while the attendants are 0.61 meters and 0.19 meters tall respectively. On both sides are inscribed large characters reading “Made by Liang Quan in the Renwu Year of Shaoxing (1162).” The pedestal of this rock also bears an inscription reading “Stone from the tenth day of the first month of the fifth year of Yuanyou (1082).”

Designated as a municipal-level cultural relic protection unit in August 1983.

These stone carvings provide physical reference material for understanding and studying the local history and religious culture.

Chengmen Town: A town under the jurisdiction of Cangshan District, Fuzhou City. Established as Chengmen District in 1956, reorganized as a commune in 1958, changed to Chengmen Township in 1970, and upgraded to a town in 1992. Located in the southeastern suburbs of the city, it covers an area of 54.5 square kilometers with a population of 68,000. National Highway 324 runs through the entire territory. The town administers 20 village committees: Chengmen, Aofeng, Lulei, Junbian, Longjiang, Qingfu, Xiayang, Liangcuo, Yangkeng, Hujì, Xiekeng, Zhanglan, Shishan, Lianjiang, Fulian, Shaoqi, Pandun, Liaban, Huangshan, and Lusha. Major enterprises include tea processing, valve manufacturing, printing, shipbuilding, and stone quarrying. The main agricultural products are tea and citrus fruits. … Chengmen Town detailed information++