Sculptor Li Chengsheng finished his stone carving, the Qingming Scroll, and introduced it to the public on Friday.

The Shaanxi artist spent six years and used 2,500 carving knives to finish the work. The sculpture is six meters long, 59 centimeters wide and 2 centimeters thick, with 838 characters carved into the intricate design.

The original Qingming Scroll, by Zhang Zeduan, was an ancient Chinese painting which portrayed scenes of Kaifeng, the capital of the Song Dynasty during the Qingming period.

(CRI November 25, 2007)