Chaozhou Stone Carvings

Chaozhou Stone Carvings

　　Chaozhou stone carvings are renowned for the stone-producing area around Sangpu Mountain. Although in recent years they have gradually been replaced by stone materials from southern Fujian, which are of higher quality, the stone carving clusters in front of Wang Dabao’s tomb from the Song Dynasty and the stone screen at the base of the Phoenix Pagoda from the Ming Dynasty both reflect the high level of Chaozhou’s stone carving craftsmanship. As for the widely famous ox tether and stone flower basket on the eaves of the stone screen at the “gate tower belly” of the Congxi Ancestral Hall, they have become a “brand name” for tourism and sightseeing.