Introduction/INTRODUCTION Cliff carving is a kind of stone carving art in ancient China, which refers to the calligraphy, statues or rock paintings carved on the cliff walls.

Cliff carvings originated as a way of recording events in ancient times and were popular during the Northern Dynasties and continued continuously until the Sui, Tang and Song and Yuan Dynasties.

Cliff carvings have rich historical connotation and historical value.

So do you know what cliff carvings there are in Guangdong?

The following article counts the top ten cliff carvings in Guangdong, including Qixingyan Cliff Carvings, Danxia Mountain Cliff Carvings, Longkan Rock Cliff Carvings, Xianling Mountain Cliff Carvings, Hulu Mountain Cliff Carvings, Dinghu Mountain Cliff Carvings, Luofu Mountain Cliff Carvings, and Lianhuafeng Cliff Carvings.

Stone carvings, etc.

The top ten cliff carvings in Guangdong 01 Qixing Rock Cliff Carvings >> 702002 Danxia Mountain Cliff Carvings >> 744003 Longgon Rock Cliff Carvings >> 402004 Xianling Mountain Cliff Carvings 05 Hulu Mountain Cliff Carvings 06 Dinghu Mountain Cliff Carvings 07 Luofu Mountain Cliff Carvings 08 Lotus Peak

Cliff stone carvings 09 Biluodong cliff stone carvings 10 Tongzhenyan cliff stone carvings Zhongguyan cliff stone carvings Huabiao stone cliff stone carvings Shixi cliff stone carvings Nanshan cliff stone carvings Purple granite cliff stone carvings The top ten cliff stone carvings in Guangdong are mainly based on the classification of cliff stone carvings announced by relevant departments or

The honorary title of Cliff Carvings is recommended based on the public popularity of Cliff Carvings on major platform websites, Internet attention index, etc., and comprehensively refers to relevant Internet rankings/lists. The list is for reference only. If you have any questions, please comment/criticize at the end.

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I have better suggestions for this list, recommend to be included in the list/submit>>Top Ten Cliff Carvings in Guangdong 1. Qixingyan Cliff Carvings Cultural Relics Protection Unit Qixingyan Cliff Carvings is located in Qixingyan Scenic Area, Duanzhou District, Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province, China.

There are 531 cliff carvings in the country, mainly concentrated in Shishi Rock and Yuping Rock.

In 2001, it was listed as the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

The Qixingyan cliff carvings are a collection of poems and songs, travel notes, historical facts, couplets, and cliff carvings. A large number of them are poems and songs. There are 206 poems in and around Shishiyan alone, so it is also known as the "Millennium Poetry Gallery".

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The Qixing Rock cliff carvings are a group of stone carvings preserved in large quantity, concentration, and high quality in southern my country. They record Zhaoqing’s geographical environment, changes in mountains and rivers, historical events, religious beliefs, temple architecture, rocks, soil, and dynasties. Therefore, Guangdong The Provincial People's Government listed it as a provincial cultural relic protection unit as early as 1962.

Details >> Address: 2 Qixing Road, Duanzhou District, Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province, Danxia Mountain Cliff Carvings Cultural Relics Protection Unit Danxia Mountain Cliff Carvings is located at the elder peak of Danxia Mountain, Renhua County, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province, China. It was listed as a cultural relics protection unit in Renhua County in 1989.

In 2008, it was listed as a cultural relics protection unit in Guangdong Province, and in 2013, it was listed as the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

It is mainly distributed in the area from the foot of Elder Peak to the top of the mountain, concentrated in Jinyan Temple and Biezhuan Temple, as well as Mengjueguan, Tongtian Gorge, Conch Rock, Baozhu Peak, Hongyan, Banzhai and other areas.

There are 111 inscriptions on cliffs from the Northern Song Dynasty to the Republic of China.

The most representative ones are 8 inscriptions from the Song Dynasty, 9 inscriptions from the Yuan Dynasty, and cliffs with big characters such as "Jinyan", "Danxia", and "Bieyoutian".

The cliff carvings of Danxia Mountain contain a variety of information such as social history at that time. They are important physical materials for studying the development of local history and culture. They have extremely high cultural and artistic value as well as historical research value.

Details >> Address: Renhua County, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province 3. Longgong Rock Cliff Carvings, a cultural relic protection unit, are located on the stone wall of Yanglonggong Rock Cave in Tanli Village, Pingtang Town, Luoding City, Guangdong Province, China.

It is the oldest existing cliff stone carving in Guangdong. In 2013, it was listed as the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

Longkanyan is a cave under an isolated peak on the edge of a limestone peak forest.

In the fourth year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty (621), Chen Puguang, the magistrate of Yongning County, established a Taoist temple in the Longkan Stone Chamber.

The champion general Xing Zuobao Taowei General Chen Jiyuan, the founding father of Yingchuan County in Shangzhu State, wrote the dojo inscription and prefaced it. It was engraved on the rock wall of the cave in the second year of Wuzhou Shengli (699). It is 3 meters above the surface and 113 to 115 centimeters wide.

, 76 to 80 centimeters high, with 1,238 characters in total, divided into 41 lines, with more than 20 to 30 characters per line. It is in regular script and can be read except for two or three characters that have been eroded.

The preface uses eleven new characters created by Wu Zetian. In addition, it also uses a large number of common characters from the Six Dynasties tablets, which is of great value to the study of philology.

Details >> Address: Pingtang Town, Luoding City, Yunfu City, Guangdong Province 4. Xianling Mountain Cliff Carvings The Xianling Mountain Cliff Carvings are located on the large stone wall halfway up Xianling Mountain in Qingyuan, Guangdong.

As early as the first year of Shaoyang in the Northern Song Dynasty (AD 1190), Zhang Benzhong had already made the stone carving "Ode to the Legend of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty" on the stone wall of Xianling Mountain. Because of its age and being hidden deep in the stone cliff, it was once abandoned.

Later, Pan Yuanyin, the magistrate of Yangshan County, engraved Han Yu's ink rubbing of "Kite Flying and Fish Leaping" on the right side. The rubbing is so well-engraved that visitors often have special feelings when viewing it from different angles.

Fu Xi, the magistrate of Yangshan County in the Qing Dynasty, also engraved poems and prefaces on the stone below.

Fu Xi's calligraphy has the style of a famous calligrapher of the Qing Dynasty, with hearty and hearty strokes and the legacy of Wang Xixi.

Mr. Weng Fanggang, a famous epigrapher in the Qing Dynasty, has long commented on the Yangshan cliff carvings: "Song carvings in central Guangdong should be regarded as the best!" The Yangshan cliff carvings include calligraphy works by three masters: Han Yu of the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Benzhong of the Song Dynasty, and Fu Xi of the Qing Dynasty.

In one place, it is simply the epitome of ancient Chinese stone carving art.

As early as the 1960s, the cliff carvings were designated as key cultural relics protection units by the Guangdong People's Government.