An overall view of the quarry site from a walking trail. The stele base, center left; the stele body, and the stele head in front of it, near the horizon, a bit right of center
The unfinished stele body (right) and the stele head (left). The work on the dragon design had been started on the head before the project was abandoned
The Yangshan Quarry (Chinese: 阳山碑材; pinyin: Yángshān bēi cái; lit. 'Yangshan Stele Material') is an ancient stone quarry near Nanjing, China. Used during many centuries as a source of stone for buildings and monuments of Nanjing, it is preserved as a historic site. The quarry is famous for the gigantic unfinished stele that was abandoned there during the reign of the Yongle Emperor in the early 15th century. In scope and ambition, the stele project is compared to other public works projects of Yongle era, which included the launching of the treasure fleet for Zheng He's maritime expeditions and the construction of the Forbidden City in Beijing.[1][2]
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^Louise Levathes, When China Ruled the Seas: Treasure Fleets of the Dragon Throne. Caption to the picture between pp. 128-129.
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