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What does the pattern on the relief of Yunlong stone carving in the Forbidden City mean?
Baohe Hall "Yunlong Stone Carving"
Carved with "Folium Artemisiae Argyi Qingshi", the stone is produced in Fangshan, Beijing.
During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the original patterns carved in the Ming Dynasty were removed and re-carved. The stone carving is16.57m high, 3.07m wide and1.7m thick, and weighs more than 200 tons. The stone carving is surrounded by grass patterns, with sea water river teeth patterns at the lower end and nine dragons surrounded by flying clouds in the center. Among them, there are nine Youlong and five floating mountains, meaning: Ninth Five-Year Plan.
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