A Review Of Cliffs In Central

Yunnan Province has a long history. It does not only possess the unique nature scene and diverse folk characteristics, but also holds the best distinctive geographic environment and humanistic spirit, brewing those historical towns and ancient relic. Throughout thousands years history of the art of the Inscriptions on Precipices(IOP/IP), it has witnessed Yunnan Province thrives based on its precious value on historical data and materials.The IP/IOP has broad and narrow meanings. Broadly speaking, the IP/IOP indicates all the contents drawn on the natural rocks, including stone inscription of words, painting and sculpture. But narrowly speaking, the IP/IOP only means the stone inscription of words. This research only dedicates on the narrow definition of IP/IOP. On the basis of three years research on related ancient literature and site visit, this research has found that the IOP/IP mainly includes: spa IOP/IP of Anning,Longmen IOP/IP of Xishan and Yanquan temple IOP/IP of Yiliang.According to the statistic, the IP/IOP has more than 300, from Ming Dynasty to the Republic of China, involving poetry, inscription, articles on subject of tourism, and recording history. The IP/IOP is a history material on stone, which benefits the research on folk history, local history to a great extent. The forms of IOP/IP has Zhuanshu,Lishu,Kaishu, Xingshu, Caoshu, the calligraphy also gives a great deal of art value on researching the domestic calligraphy.The put forward the concept of cliff stone carvings in Yunnan actually is the first case, for the entire region of cliff stone carvings in Yunnan were reviewed cases will be a highlight of this article. As an article in the nature of investigation to through in-depth field investigation and historical research, finishing of cliff stone carvings in Yunnan group of overall and detailed review. Moreover, content and historical connotation of the comprehensive review with calligraphy as the important breakthrough, to explore for a period of time in Yunnan calligraphy value and culture, make the research of cliff stone carvings in Yunnan become scientific and normative system. To integrate all parts of Yunnan IOP/IP the enormity of the task and the style of calligraphy step an important step.