The History and Culture of Qingtian Stone

1790, when Emperor Qianlong celebrated his eightieth birthday, the minister gave him a set of Qingtian stone carving "Bao Dian Fu Shu" seal as a birthday present.

This set of 60 seals is exquisite in workmanship and has its own characteristics. They are made of Qingtian stone, and the stone used is the best one in Qingtian stone. There is a local proverb that "you will never be poor if you get a nest of stones" to describe the preciousness of Fengmenqing. Because the contents of the seals are all poems that ministers admire Emperor Qianlong and find out sentences with the word "longevity", this group of seals is named Baodian Fu Shu.

In the 30th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty, Qingtian Stone Carving won the silver medal in the Belgian Games. In the thirty-first year of Guangxu, he won the first prize in Rome, Italy. 19 15 won two silver medals at the Panama Pacific Expo in San Francisco, USA. Since the founding of New China, Qingtian stone carving has been designated as a national ceremony by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for its unique and exquisite craftsmanship. 1956, Indonesian President Su Jianuo visited China, and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union voroshilov visited China. 1972 us president Nixon's visit to China; During the period of 1978, China leaders visited North Korea and presented Qingtian stone carvings. Since then, the influence of Qingtian stone carving in the world has been increasing day by day, becoming a symbol of civilization and a witness of friendship.

1982 in may, Qingtian stone carving won the first place in the national stone carving product quality appraisal, and won the national silver cup award in September of the same year. In the previous national arts and crafts competitions in Hundred Flowers Award, many works of Qingtian stone carving won the excellent creative design award, and ten works were rated as arts and crafts treasures, which were collected by the state. 1992 the Ministry of posts and telecommunications issued the first set of stone carving stamps in China-Qingtian stone carving special stamps.