The Xujiang Xiaowo Stone Inscription () is an

epigraphy Epigraphy () is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs, as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the wr ...

in Jincheng Township,

Kinmen County Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands governed as a county by the Republic of China (Taiwan), off the southeastern coast of mainland China. It lies roughly east of the city of Xiamen in Fujian, from which it is separate ...

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History

During the

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under Jiajing Emperor, Yu Dayou was appointed as the battalion commander and assigned to guard Kinmen. During his term, he was inspired to recite poet. He engraved the words ''Xujiang Xiaowo'' () on a big

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. When his deputy commander Yang Hongju took over the task to guard Kinmen, Yang engraved the words ''Dizhu'' on nearby rocks. He also built a pavilion in front of the boulder and hung the inscription ''Houle'' which was then known as the Xiaowo Pavilion. The pavilion was then once destroyed but was soon restored. In 1728, a garrison commander Lu Ruilin inscribed the words ''Ruhua'' on the left of Yang's epitaph. Zhujie of Yanshan inscribed the words ''Daguan'' at the higher part. To the right of Yang's epitaph, there are the words ''Guanhai''. There are also two poems engraved on the stone tablets made by Ding Yizhong and Xu Nanfeng during their visit to Kinmen and a chronicle of Xiaowo Pavilion made by Yang Hongju.

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Buildings and structures in Kinmen County Epigraphy Jincheng Township {{Taiwan-struct-stub

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