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  shan zhi

 

China

Shan zi is the Chinese term for a Chinese art form in which miniature sceneries and landscapes are carved from small to medium-sized natural rocks and boulders, usually in its interior after it has been split open, while maintaining existing outlines in the natural shape of the rock.