The Luye Garden Stone Carving Art Museum is located in Pixian, designed by Liu Jiakun, and is a privately-owned small thematic museum that collects Buddhist stone carving art within the scope of the Southwest Silk Road. Covering an area of fifty acres, the museum is situated upstream with a stone bridge and downstream with a river bend, where wild trees, river pebbles, and modern architecture complement the legendary collection.
The museum currently houses over 1000 pieces of stone carving art from ancient times to the Ming and Qing dynasties, with a primary focus on Buddhist stone carving art from the Han to the Tang and Song dynasties. In addition to the familiar pictorial stones, the Han dynasty’s stone carving art also includes sophisticated individual stone sculptures, showcasing the authentic form of Chinese sculpture before the introduction of foreign Buddhist imagery art. The museum’s collection of Buddhist single stone statues from the late Eastern Han dynasty is particularly rare, providing valuable evidence for the study of early sculpture.
The main hall, known as the Shi Fang Hall, primarily displays Buddhist stone carving art from the Southwest Silk Road. Currently, it exhibits two hundred stone carving art pieces spanning from the Han dynasty through the Jin, Northern and Southern dynasties, Sui, and Tang dynasties, to the Five Dynasties and Song dynasty, with a rich and diverse range of styles, essentially providing a clear trajectory of the evolution of Buddhist imagery styles.
The San Shi Hall serves as the museum’s second exhibition venue. ‘San Shi’ is a Buddhist term referring to past, present, and future lives. This space is spacious and offers a unique setting. The displayed collection still focuses on Buddhist stone carving art (especially medium and large stone carvings) and includes other stone carving arts, further enriching and supplementing the Shi Fang Hall.
As the center of ancient Shu civilization, Pixian’s profound cultural heritage provides the foundation for the survival and development of Luye Garden. The museum integrates the collection, research, and exhibition of stone carving art, primarily engaging in the exchange and development of stone carving culture. Opening hours are from January 1st to December 31st, 09:00 to 17:00.
Additional information on preferential policies: 1. Free admission for children under 1.2 meters in height. 2. Half-price tickets for those with senior citizen, military officer, teacher, or student identification. 3. The above information is for reference only; please refer to the information disclosed by the scenic spot on the day.
Service facilities include a restaurant: Yi Hetang, an elegant banquet hall that can accommodate over a hundred people, offering authentic Sichuan, Hunan, and Cantonese cuisines, with seasoned chefs showcasing their culinary skills, creating a legendary dining experience. Unity of heaven and human, unity of color, aroma, and taste.
