The Cliff Sculpture was engraved on a natural cliff in the Eastern Han Dynasty, about 2000 years ago. It is 17 meters long, 8 meters high, and consists of 110 stone sculptures. There are sculptures of Buddhism, Taoism, Bodhisatva, Hercules, Buddhist pilgrims, and so on. Most of the sculptures reflect the stories of Sakymuani jataka and Buddhism. It is called the first Buddhist Cliff Sculpture by historians for it is 300 years earlier than Dunhuang Grottoes, and it was appointed to be the national protected place in 1988.

The Longdong Nunnery hidden in pines and cypresses, backs on to the mountain and faces south. It was built during Wuping years in North Qi dynasty, more than 1400 years ago.

The Stone Elephant, which is a three-dimensional carving, is 4.8 meters long, 3.5 meters wide, and 2.6 meters high, engraved on natural granite. On the left side of the elephant’s fore breast, there is a low relief of an elephant keeper, with a core on his head, a hook in his right and, and a chain around his ankles, presenting the elephant drama in Han dynasty. The elephant stands on lotus flowers, and was called the first elephant in China.

It is a huge black round stone, and looks like a steamed bun, and also like a bird’s head. The head and the neck measure 5.2 meters high, and are 2.78 meters in diameter. There is a clear tablet groove on the top of the stone, and this stone was used to be a tablet pedestal.

The stone is on the top looking down on mountains. It was used for Taoist’s alchemy. There is a chip on the stone, and Taoists used it to hold the dew. In China, it’s rare to sea such a huge plate stone to hold the dew. Maybe it was used by the first Chinese emperor, Xia Qi, to worship the god and the sea.

It was built in Song dynasty, destroyed in Yuan dynasty, and had been rebuilt in 1989. The pavilion was named as its name after the story of Zhang Qian becomming immortal on a raft. Ancient intellectuals and poets came to this pavilion to view the sea. The great poet of Song dynasty, Su Dongpo, had been here and made the poem, Rafting Pavilion, which made this pavilion being well-known in Jianghuai area

The inscribed stone is also called inkstone for its inkslab shape. It is 3.2 meters long from east to west, 2 meters wide, 0.7-1.2 meters in depth, engraved on a natural huge stone which was supported by three small pieces of stones. In the east part of its surface is a plate intaglio, surrounded by 8 cup intaglios. This inscribed stone was engraved in late East Han period, worshipping the Emperor of Dongyi.

The Stone Toad is located at the south of the Stone Elephant, surrounded by sweeping flatland. It is a three-dimensional carving, engraved by granite on the ground. The toad is 2 meters long, 1 meter wide, with intaglios on its body. The toad, squatting on the ground with a spherical stomach, was hyperbolized in the appearance. It was the remains of East Han period, about 2000 years ago.

Longdong was a sea cave, formed of the rock holed by the sea water. Later, people deepened it to 3.3 meters. There are 24 inscriptions of the period of Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing not only in the cave but also on the cliff around the cave, including seal script, official script, cursive script, and running script. The biggest character is about 3 chis(equal to 1 meter), the smallest one is about 1 cun(equal to 1/30 meter). The inscription on the east of the cave written by Lin Tingyu and the one on the west written by Wang Tong are especially famous.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius climbed this mountain to view the East China Sea. People renamed this mountain as Kongwang Mountain in commemoration of him. On the mountain, there is footprint of Confucius, the earliest Buddhist Cliff Sculpture of China, which presents the picture of Sakyamuni’s nirvana, and even the statue of Taoist queen mother overlooking all the living things.