The oldest stone building in China

The oldest stone building in China is Guo Tombstone Temple in Xiaotangshan.

Located at the top of Xiaotang, south of Xiaoli Town, Changqing District, Shandong Province, it is the earliest existing stone building in China. There are exquisite line carvings all over the stone walls and Liang Shi in the temple, which have high historical and artistic value. 196 1 year, People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * and the State Council were announced as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

Xiaotangshan Guo Tombstone Temple was built in the early Eastern Han Dynasty. After more than two thousand years of history, the temple buildings outside the stone temple have undergone several changes, but the stone temple is still intact. It has also become the earliest existing ground building in China. As early as 196 1, it was announced by the State Council as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. Who owns the stone niche and the tomb behind it is still a mystery.

Layout characteristics of Guo Tombstone Temple in Xiaotangshan

The tomb stone shrine of the Guo family in Xiaotangshan is an ancestral temple attached to the cemetery of the filial son Guo family. It is modeled after the image of residential buildings in the Han Dynasty and built with bluestone. The ancestral hall is a single-eaved two-bedroom apartment hanging from the top of the mountain, followed by a low stone platform for sacrifice. The ancestral hall is built as follows: 2 stones in the east wall, 2 stones in the west wall 1 stone, with an acute triangle at the upper end and 2 stones in the back wall.

There is an octagonal stone pillar in front, and a stone pillar stands in front of the gables on both sides, which supports the cornices. The wall is a slate with a thickness of about 20 cm. The roof is a single-eave hanging mountain type, made of slate, on which the images of roof ridge, tile ridge, eaves and other components are carved. Xiao Tang Shan Guo Tombstone Temple faces south. It is 4. 1 m long from east to west, more than 2 meters wide from north to south and 2.6 meters high. The interior is divided into two rooms by an octagonal stone pillar, which is 3.09 meters wide and 2.08 meters deep.

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