Where are the stones carved by Mrs. Chen during the Ming and Qing Dynasties?

In the Ming Dynasty, Mrs. Chen of Guizhou carved stones at the festival, which was a cultural relic protection unit in Wuhua District.

The inscription is located on the rock wall at the top of Changchong Mountain behind Gangtou in the northern suburb. The inscription is 2.7 meters high and 0.40 meters wide. The eleven characters "Mrs. Chen, a teacher of Mingqian, completed the festival" are inscribed as "Zhou Shiyuan's inscription". There is also a rectangular inscription next to it, which is illegible due to age-old weathering.

This inscription is related to an important historical fact in Yunnan in the late Ming Dynasty.

This historical fact happened in the second year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty and the first year of Longwu in Nanming (1645). At that time, Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty hanged himself when Li Zicheng attacked Beijing, and then the Qing army entered the customs and established the Qing Dynasty. However, Mu, the hereditary duke of Guizhou and the ruler of Yunnan granted by Ming Dynasty, still supported Nanming Dynasty. In this year, Wu Bikui, the chieftain of Yuanmou, set out to crusade against the Mu regime, and Mu sent Yang, the deputy envoy of Yunnan, to lead an expedition, with the assistance of Sha Dingzhou, the chieftain of Ami Prefecture. After Yang defeated Wu Bikui, he led the troops to Chuxiong, and Kunming was empty. Sha Dingzhou coveted Mu's wealth and took the opportunity to suddenly rob Mu's mansion on the first day of December. That night, Mu Tianbo fled hastily and the whole family was separated. His mother Chen and his wife Jiao went to Jinjing Temple in Phuket and Chaoyang Temple in Changchong Mountain to hide. Because I was afraid of being chased by sand soldiers, I took "life is not shameful" and then "closed the door" and "burned Buddha lanterns 0-".

Sculptor Zhou Shiyuan, a native of Huguang, took refuge in Yunnan as his father-in-law in his early years. Later, he was promoted to Lieutenant General of the Chinese Army because of his outstanding military achievements. In the fifty-sixth year of Kangxi (17 17), he was promoted to the company commander of Nanyue Town and died the following year. The tablet of "Mrs. Chen Ming Qian" in Changchong Mountain should have been carved by Zhou Shiyuan when he was in Yunnan, around the forty-ninth year of Kangxi (17 10). On June 20 12, it was announced as a cultural relics protection unit in Wuhua District.

Source of information: Wuhua District Cultural and Sports Tourism Bureau.