Chinese Shigu Garden, It's just a park inside, quite big.

Binhedadao, Weibin District, Baoji, Shaanxi Province

It's just a park inside, quite big.

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Introduction

In the second year of the Tang Dynasty's Zhenguan era, stone drums were discovered here. The ten stone drums are carved with different scripts, including large seal script, small seal script, four-character seal script, and a total of 718 characters. They are the earliest existing stone inscriptions in China and have been regarded as important examples for practicing seal script by calligraphers throughout history, earning the title of "the first law of calligraphy." The poem "Stone Drums" depicts vivid historical scenes of the Qin people's pioneering and development, which can be considered a grand epic of the Great Qin Empire, similar to the "East Is Red". The stone drums are famous for their "ethnic culture and history," and they were originally housed in the Beijing Palace Museum. In the place where the stone drums were discovered, a Chinese Stone Drum Park has been built by modern people. The park has two iconic buildings, the Stone Drum Pavilion and the Bronze Museum. The Stone Drum Pavilion is built on Stone Drum Mountain and is reached by climbing steps. It is not very tall, but it seems that the Stone Drum Pavilion is not open to the public. The Stone Drum Pavilion imitates the architecture of the Qin and Han dynasties, with five layers on the outside and nine layers on the inside, symbolizing the supreme status. On top of the Stone Drum Pavilion is the city emblem of Baoji - the phoenix, which gave the city its name due to the auspicious "stone rooster crowing" in 757. From here, you can also have a panoramic view of the entire Baoji city, and the view is probably even better from the top of the pavilion.

Address

Binhedadao, Weibin District, Baoji, Shaanxi Province

Opening hours

All day (All year round, Monday to Sunday from January 1st to December 31st)

Transportation

You can take bus routes 10, 17, and 20 to reach the city center.