More than 120 stone carvings from the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), which were scattered in mountains and valleys or collected as showpieces in people's homes, were recently collected and put on display in a museum in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. The stone carvings, shaped as either animals or people of official rank, belonged to a prominent family surnamed Shi, whose offspring commissioned the pieces as burial ornaments.

(Eastday.com 02/07/2001)