Imperial Edict on Tax Exemption Stele

　　Located in Qihong Village, Miancheng Hui Ethnic Town, Xiantao City, this is a Qing Dynasty stele. Carved from bluestone, it stands 1.7 meters tall, 0.68 meters wide, and 0.14 meters thick. The top and sides of the stele feature shallowly carved cloud-and-dragon patterns. The main body of the inscription is in regular script, primarily recording how the Qing government issued an imperial edict in the third year of the Qianlong reign (1738) to exempt Mianyang from tax arrears accumulated over the years due to flooding. This included 4,060 taels from the thirteenth year of the Yongzheng reign (1735) and 8,100 taels from the first year of the Qianlong reign (1736). The stele serves as a rare physical document for the study of local history.

　　Source: Hubei Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau