Highlights of museum on rock inscriptions, rubbings in Yongzhou, China's Hunan

A man takes photos of rock inscriptions and rubbings in a museum in Yongzhou City, central China's Hunan Province, May 12, 2019. A museum on rock inscriptions and rubbings opened Monday in the city of Yongzhou, central China's Hunan Province. The 1,300 square-meter museum holds a collection of more than 1,000 rock inscriptions and rubbings. Yongzhou has a long tradition of rock inscriptions dating back 2,000 years, with nearly 2,000 found in the city so far. Rock inscription was the practice of carving a poem or article on a rock or cliff by ancient scholars and literates. Inscription rubbing is the practice of creating an image on paper based on stone inscriptions and the words and patterns on the inscriptions. (Xinhua/Liu Wangmin)