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| Xiushan Gate and the Meseum |
Xiushanmeng Museum is located in Xiushan Gate, an ancient gate tower in west Chizhou city, Anhui province. Xiushanmeng Museum features wood, stone and brick carvings. There are more than 4,000 antiques in the museum, among which 11 are national second-grade cultural relics.
Luo Qianghu
Xiushanmeng Museum has five floors, each focusing on a different theme.
The first floor features stone art, such as stone lions, stone plates and stone drums.
A stone wall carved with patterns of Buddhist swastikas lies behind the main entrance to greet visitors. The top of the wall is decorated with carvings of the weapons of the Eight Immortals. The Eight Immortals, who purportedly have the magical power of turning bad luck into good, are symbols of blessings and fortune in Chinese culture.
Five vigorous stone lions display lively expressions and poses, each playing with a ball beneath its feet. In Chinese, the pronunciation of "lion” coincides with that of “generation”, conveying the wish for five generations to get together at the same time.
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