Shike
Shike in Longyin Cave near Guilin
As Shike ( 石刻 , Shike ) are in China, the stone carving in general, but especially the carved in stone inscriptions or reliefs referred. Historical events or biographical details are handed down in many stone inscriptions . They can be found in graves, in religious art (see also list of stone classics ) and on countless steles in many other sites.
Famous documents are:
- the "stone drum" inscriptions (shígǔwén 石鼓文 - inscriptions on drum-shaped stone blocks)
- the "Curse of Chu" steles (zǔChǔwén 诅 楚 文 / 詛 楚 文 - ten inscribed steles from the kingdom of Qin)
- the stone inscriptions of the Qin State (Qínkèshí 秦 刻石 - seven inscribed Qin steles that tell of the heroic deeds of the First Emperor)
- the Nestorian stele (Dàqín Jǐngjiào liúxíng Zhōngguó bēi 大秦 景教 流行 中国 碑, a stele for spreading Nestorianism in China)
- the stele in memory of Prince Jin (Shēngxiān tàizǐ bēi 升仙 太子 碑)
- the epitaph on the grave of Wang Xingzhi and his wife (Wáng Xìngzhī fūfù mùzhì 王兴 之 夫妇 墓志).
See also
- Xi'an Forest of Steles
- Shandong Province Stone Carving Museum
- Stone drums of Qin
- Stone carvings in the tombs of the Wu family in Jiaxiang
- Rock inscriptions by Yunfeng Shan and Tianzhu Shan
- Tai Shan rock inscriptions