Wordless Monument

(chinadaily.com.cn)

In front of the Jade Emperor Peak is the Wordless Monument, a huge stone stele erected thousands of years ago by an emperor who was dissatisfied with what his scribes suggested as an inscription.

Wordless Monument
The Wordless Monument. [File photo]

Rather than make his mark in words, he left the stone blank, leaving it up to the viewer's imagination.

 

By Ji Yuan