Stone Gate Cliff Carvings

Stone Gate Cliff Carvings

The Stone Gate Cliff Carvings is a cultural tourism attraction.

Stone Gate Cliff Carvings -- The Stone Gate Cliff Carvings are located on a 50-meter-high cliff on the west bank of the Nujiang River in Dangda Village, about 400 meters east of Cika Town, Gongshan County. Situated along the ancient post road from Gongshan to Fugong, the location was named "Stone Gate" due to its steep and strategic terrain. In 1949 (the 38th year of the Republic of China), Liang Zhiyan, the head of the then-administrative office, inscribed the two characters “Stone Gate.” Three stone inscriptions and two horizontal plaques remain at the site, including the four characters “Ten Thousand Households’ Living Buddha.” One of the stone tablets, erected in 1947 (the 36th year of the Republic of China), features an inscription 1.3 meters high and 0.78 meters wide, written in 14 lines with a total of 316 characters, recounting the incident in which the local people of Gongshan expelled the then-administrative officer Lai Huisheng.

The second stone tablet, erected in 1945 (the 34th year of the Republic of China), is 1.9 meters high and 0.78 meters wide, with 16 vertical lines of text totaling 573 characters. It describes the achievements of Chen Yingchang, the then-administrative officer, including road and bridge construction, establishing schools, and abolishing the Ye Zhi Tusi system. Among these accounts is a description of an ancient mountain-splitting method used by local residents: heating rocks with burning timber and then pouring cold water to crack them open. Another horizontal plaque bears the four characters “Guardian of Western Yunnan,” written horizontally. It is a cultural relic protection unit of the Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture.