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Who can explain the style and characteristics of stone carving?

Stone carvings such as temples, shrines and altars are widely distributed in China with a long history, and there are many famous stone carvings and stone carvings. For example, the marble sculpture of Chongsheng Temple in Tang Dynasty to Five Dynasties, the white marble statue of Shishi Temple in Tang Dynasty and Huaqing official laojunmiao, the Jinci Temple in Song Dynasty, the Confucius Temple in Jin Dynasty to Qing Dynasty, the Suzhou Confucian Temple in Southern Song Dynasty, the Guangsheng Temple in Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the Temple of Heaven in Ming Dynasty, the Lama Temple (the largest Lama Temple dedicated to the royal family) and Wuhou Temple in Qing Dynasty, and the Kaiyuan Temple, Dai Temple and Foshan Ancestral Temple in Song and Qing Dynasties. Stone carving, China has a long history of building bridges with stones, many of which are representative historical sites of bridge building and have an important position in the history of international bridge building. In the construction of stone bridges, it is very common to use stone carving art for decoration, which has existed since ancient times.