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127: 168:'rub cliff stone-inscription') are inscriptions on mountainsides of Chinese characters, often done by famous people on special occasions or as decorations. They are of tremendous historic importance as both evidence of the presence of certain people, such as famous writers, or events as well as of the Chinese script's regional, temporal, or personal variations. Being in stone they are less prone to destruction than paper and so preserve the time in which they were made offering posterity unique glimpses into the past. Additionally, along with 22: 172:, they are an art form meriting study and part of a highly specialized field within art which requires both skills in calligraphy and 94: 66: 73: 43: 113: 80: 51: 223: 62: 47: 218: 32: 36: 87: 126: 8: 193: 169: 145: 212: 173: 181: 198: 131: 135: 21: 153: 203: 176:. The methods are likely similar to calligraphy stele or 碑 210: 163: 50:. Unsourced material may be challenged and 114:Learn how and when to remove this message 125: 211: 48:adding citations to reliable sources 15: 13: 180:, such as can be found in Xi'an's 14: 235: 20: 158: 1: 7: 187: 10: 240: 149: 224:East Asian calligraphy 138: 129: 219:Chinese inscriptions 63:"Cliff inscriptions" 44:improve this article 194:Chinese calligraphy 170:Chinese calligraphy 142:Cliff inscriptions 139: 166: 124: 123: 116: 98: 231: 167: 164: 160: 151: 130:Inscriptions at 119: 112: 108: 105: 99: 97: 56: 24: 16: 239: 238: 234: 233: 232: 230: 229: 228: 209: 208: 190: 120: 109: 103: 100: 57: 55: 41: 25: 12: 11: 5: 237: 227: 226: 221: 207: 206: 201: 196: 189: 186: 122: 121: 28: 26: 19: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 236: 225: 222: 220: 217: 216: 214: 205: 202: 200: 197: 195: 192: 191: 185: 183: 179: 175: 174:stone carving 171: 161: 155: 147: 143: 137: 133: 128: 118: 115: 107: 96: 93: 89: 86: 82: 79: 75: 72: 68: 65: –  64: 60: 59:Find sources: 53: 49: 45: 39: 38: 34: 29:This article 27: 23: 18: 17: 182:Stele Forest 177: 157: 141: 140: 110: 101: 91: 84: 77: 70: 58: 42:Please help 30: 199:Petroglyphs 159:mó yá shíkè 213:Categories 132:Qixing Yan 104:March 2019 74:newspapers 136:Guangdong 31:does not 188:See also 146:Chinese 88:scholar 52:removed 37:sources 156:: 154:pinyin 148:: 90:  83:  76:  69:  61:  204:Stele 95:JSTOR 81:books 165:lit. 150:摩崖石刻 67:news 35:any 33:cite 178:bēi 46:by 215:: 184:. 162:; 152:; 134:, 144:( 117:) 111:( 106:) 102:( 92:· 85:· 78:· 71:· 54:. 40:.

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