Quotations Mountain

Quotations Mountain

In Zhutang Village, Jiantang Township, Quanzhou County, there is a small rocky hill known as "Quotations Mountain," where inscriptions of Chairman Mao’s quotations and relief carvings of famous figures are engraved. The creator is a farmer named Jiang Jiwei. For over twenty years, he lived in solitude, never speaking to anyone, and spent his days tirelessly carving on the small rocky hill. In recent years, people from near and far have flocked to Zhutang in Quanzhou, eager to turn hearsay into reality and catch a glimpse of the “Quotations Mountain” and the old man who carved it.

Jiang Jiwei spent over 30 years silently carving famous quotations and heroic reliefs on the rocky hill in front of his home. Over time, it gradually took shape. This hill is also known locally as “Quotations Mountain.” According to local county records, starting in 1973, Jiang Jiwei began carving behind his small house. Jiang Jiwei said intermittently that the earliest carvings were of Chairman Mao’s portrait and quotations. Having never learned carving techniques, he figured out all the processes on his own. Because his home was bare, he had to use yellow mud or charcoal to trace the quotations when carving them.

From the day he picked up the chisel, Jiang Jiwei would get up at dawn and work until dark. He ate only one meal a day—at noon—and worked regardless of wind or rain. More than 30 years have passed, and now “Quotations Mountain” features over 70 relief carvings of famous figures and more than 1,100 inscribed quotations. The fonts include regular script, running script, cursive script, and seal script.

Jiantang Town: Jiantang Township is located south of Quanzhou County, bordering Baibao Township to the east, Caiwan Town to the west, Quanzhou Town to the north, and Lianghe, Chaonan, and Shitang townships to the south, covering a total area of 123 square kilometers. It is 6 kilometers from the county seat and governs 12 administrative villages, with a population of 31,000. The township has 26,000 mu of arable land, including 19,000 mu of paddy fields and 7,000 mu of dry land. In 2003, the total grain output was 11,437,000 kilograms, the gross national product was 160 million yuan, fiscal revenue was 1.7 million yuan, and the per capita net income was 2,479 yuan.

During the Qing Dynasty, it belonged to Sixiang Township. In 1933 (the 22nd year of the Republic of China)... Detailed information about Jiantang Town++