Carvings on Jiusi Mountain

Carvings on Jiusi Mountain

The carvings on Jiusi Mountain are located on the left cliff of Jiusi Mountain in Jiusi Town, Xingwen County. The inscriptions are rectangular, approximately 5 meters high and 2.5 meters wide, written in vertical running script with characters about 0.16 meters in size, spaced 0.03 meters apart horizontally and 0.06 meters vertically, totaling 163 characters. The content is a seven-character poem commemorating the visit of over twenty people, including Chen Dazhuang, the magistrate of Xuzhou Prefecture, to Jiuci City in the second year of the Wanli era (1574), praising the efforts of Zeng Shengwu, the governor of Sichuan, and others in suppressing the Duozhang Man people. The carvings were composed by Zeng Shengwu and engraved by Wu Xian and Wu Jing, both imperial censors and military commanders. They serve as valuable historical material for the study of the Ming Dynasty, and were designated as a cultural relic protection unit by the former Yibin Regional Administrative Office in 1981.

Jiusi Town: In 2019, Yuxiu Miao Ethnic Township was abolished, and its administrative area was incorporated into Jiusi Town. The government of Jiusi Town is located at No. 140, Middle Section of Bicheng Avenue.

Jiusi Town is located 64 kilometers west of the county seat. It borders Daba Miao Ethnic Township to the east, Yunnan Province to the south, Shipai and Caoying townships of Gong County to the west, and Xianfeng and Yuxiu Miao Ethnic Townships to the north. The town covers an area of approximately 140 square kilometers, with elevations ranging from 580 to 1,369 meters. It is predominantly mountainous and represents a typical southwestern basin landscape.

The town administers 16 villages, one community, and 103 village (residential…) More detailed information about Jiusi Town++