Guoshan Stele

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Guoshan Stele
国山碑
Guoshan Stone Tablet in Wuxi Museum 02 2013-04.JPG
Guoshan Stone Tablet in Wuxi Museum
Coordinates31°18′03″N 119°39′11″E / 31.30083°N 119.65306°E / 31.30083; 119.65306Coordinates: 31°18′03″N 119°39′11″E / 31.30083°N 119.65306°E / 31.30083; 119.65306
Location
TypeStele
MaterialStone
Height2.35m
Completion date276

Guoshan Stele (Chinese: 国山碑) is a stele located at the west foot of in , Yixing City, Jiangsu Province in China. The stele was listed in the fifth batch of Major Site Protected for Its Historical and Cultural Value at the National Level in 2001.[1]

Guoshan was originally called Limo Mountain. In the first year of the Tianxi Reign in the Eastern Wu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms era[2] (276), after an earthquake, a stone chamber, which was over 100 feet long, emerged, in which a large stone stood. Sun Hao regarded it as an omen and sent a minister called Dong Chao to this mountain where he offered sacrifices to heaven and earth and set up a monument which was later referred to as Guoshan Stele. With a height of 2.35 meters, the stele had a cylindrical shape and was engraved by General Sun Jian with Zhuan-style characters[3] totalling 43 lines of 25 words. In the 29th year of Qianlong Reign[4] (1764), County magistrate Tang Zhongmian built a stone-tablet pavilion here which was later restored by Chu Qiangnan from the Republic of China.

Now the pavilion has been expanded as Guoshan Stele Park.

References[]

  1. ^ first volume of the 1st to 5th batches of important national-level preservation units of cultural relics. Cultural Relics Publishing House. 2004. p. 691. ISBN 7-5010-1525-2.
  2. ^ 三国志 (The History of Three Kingdoms). 长沙:岳麓书社. 2011. ISBN 978-7-80761-405-0.
  3. ^ 中国历代五体书法精品赏析.篆书 (Appreciation of Five Styles of Chinese Calligraphy ). 北京:世界图书出版公司. 2008. ISBN 978-7-5062-9879-7.
  4. ^ 乾隆王朝 (Qianlong Reign). 中国青年出版社. 2008. ISBN 9787500681236.
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