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An Island of Stone Sculptures

Of over 50 offshore isles along Yuhuan County in southern Zhejiang Province, Big Deer Isle is the most famous. It is famous not merely because the 1.7-km2 isle is the best forest-covered isle with the largest number of species of plants but mainly because the isle boasts 99 stone sculptures created over a period of 16 years by Hong Shiqing, a professor with China Academy of Art based in Hangzhou. A well-established artist, Hong won Lu Xun woodcut award in 1996, the top award for woodcut artists of China. In May 1997, he was awarded Lu Xun Prize for Literature and Art.