Cliff Carvings of TianZhu Mountain

TianZhu MountainTianZhu Mountain (天柱山摩崖石刻)
The most famous cliff carvings of TianZhu Mountain are of the ZhengWen Tablet.   The tablet is 3.2 meters high and 1.5 meters wide, with 19 lines and with a total of 881 characters.  It was carved in 511 A.D. (the fourth year of Northern Wei Emperor YongPing’s Reign) for Zheng Xi, father of Zheng Daoshao, the feudal provincial governor in GuangZhou during the Northern Wei  Dynasty.  The inscriptions testify to the merits of Zheng Xi and his family.   These carvings are considered the Best examples of Calligraphy in the Wei Dynasty.
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