China's First Carved Stone Park OpensA park featuring ancient carved stone, the first of its kind in China, has opened to the public. Over 100 stone carvings or stone inscriptions were erected in the 33-hectare Baima Carved Stone Park in the northwestern part of the Purple Mountain in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province.The stone carvings are representative of the development process of the nearly 2,000-year-old stone carving art, according to local experts. The artifacts, including carved stone men and women, turtles, horses, tigers and towers, were gathered from across the city, with a history of more than 2,400 years. |
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