The last work in the Chinese Humanistic Stele Forest has finally been released. Recalling the meeting in July 2011, a consultant suggested that the works selected in the Stele Forest were all male, and that women's calligraphy works should be considered. This proposal aroused widespread discussion. Who wrote calligraphy among ancient women? According to legend, Wang Xizhi’s teachers were Mrs. Wei, Wu Zetian and others. But at that time, it was not certain which woman's authentic work could be preserved to this day, allowing us to engrave a monument.

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In November, after consulting some people, it was determined that the added female monument was Wu Zetian's "Stele of the Immortal Prince". Through searches on the website and the assistance of the construction company and the consultant group, several emails back and forth confirmed that the original monument was in Henan. In January 2012, the construction company asked friends in China to drive from Xi'an to Henan, more than 300 kilometers away, to order and purchase the work that had been carved from the original monument. At the meeting, when this poster was spread out in the company's lobby, all the consultants present who were watching the inscription were eye-opening. Firstly, the work was very large, and secondly, it had the empress's calligraphy on it. It is easy to open this post, but you need to fold it according to the horizontal direction of the paper, which requires a lot of effort. Helen, a colleague from the construction company, told me that when they opened such a large post for the first time, they could still smell the ink.

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Wu Zetian was the first woman in history to write a stele. The "Stele of the Prince Shengxian" she wrote was seven feet tall and was written in cursive script (Zhangcao), creating the tradition of writing stele in regular script, official script or running script at that time. At the meeting in February 2012, everyone agreed to present the "Flying White Bird Book" on the forehead of the monument, the body of the monument and the base of the tortoise in its entirety. From the "Book Book", you can take a closer look at the lifelike "Flying White Bird Book". After the design draft was drafted, everyone expected that the monument would be very tall. Since this women's monument was decided relatively late, the construction schedule of the entire Stele Forest is already full. We have reached an agreement that the construction of this monument will be carried out after the opening ceremony in October. After the completion, another unique opening ceremony will be held for this unique women's monument.

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Before the Chinese New Year in 2013, the work was engraved and shipped by container ship to Port Klang on February 20. After arranging the crane and other matters, the monument is scheduled to be erected on the 27th. In order to witness this historic moment, Yingwei, Kang Ling and I went to the scene to take photos. From a concept to concrete implementation, it is a blessing to be able to personally participate in this construction process. At 10 a.m. on the 27th, Mr. Zhao Ruirong, chief designer of Stele Forest, and his staff were ready. He told us about the production process of this stele, "It cost more than 10,000 yuan (about 5,000 MYR) to buy this piece. In order to preserve and collect it, it also cost more than 10,000 yuan to frame this work. This stele is carved from granite, and it is not easy to find such a large stone now. The first stone cracked during the carving, and it was redone, and it was finally completed before the Lunar New Year. The base was completed the day before the stele was erected. In order to make it more stable, 50 holes were drilled on the foundation.

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This was my first time to see the erection of monuments, and I was very fresh about the installation process. The base, body and head of the monument are fixed with "tempered glue", an industrial glue with slippery and smooth properties. After the crane lifts the monument body, it is then placed at the appropriate interface on the monument base. After that, the ancient "weighing weight" technique is applied to observe the balance on the left and right side of the vertical line using gravity. After many corrections, the headstone was hoisted and placed. Seeing this group of employees putting the stones together climbing up and down, they are agile and skilled. When they say "Op", everyone knows what they have to do. You can feel that they are a team with tacit understanding and mutual trust. Mr. Zhao said: "These employees have been with me for more than 20 years. They have taught me how to build ancient buildings and how to install stones, from looking at pictures to every process. This group of employees can now make arrangements by themselves. In the past four years, from the beginning of modeling in the Chinese Stele Forest to the present, my hair has turned white. You can see that my hair has been dyed." A senior employee next to Mr. Zhao said jokingly: "This kind of white hair is the white hair of successful people!"

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Mr. Zhao successively told me about the early stages of construction: Mr. Wang Longhai, the sculptor of the Stele Forest, was an artist himself. His studio in China is an entire building, and one floor is a study room for writing calligraphy. Because we got along well with him, we dared to work together to create a "Stele Forest" of ancient architectural culture. After the Malaysian advisory group confirmed the list of monuments, he and Mr. Li Yuefang, the Quality Coordination Director of the Stele Forest, went to Xi'an to look for the monuments. They went to the Stele Forest to learn the technique of rubbing monuments through acquaintances. Wang Longhai drank tea with him in the studio, drew sketches, and selected them one by one. They are determined to make the most of the natural resources and materials, and integrate the stone monument and the garden into one. The carving work for the Stele Forest began four years ago, and the Chinese government is not so strict. Now that China has closed its mountains, it is not easy to quarry stone. It would be very expensive to build a Stele Forest now. They talked about the fact that there are businessmen in Malaysia making such large investments, but this group of people who are playing with stones are actually a bunch of fools. I hope these thoughts will be cherished in the days to come.

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After the last work was erected, it marked that the construction project was coming to an end. I checked the meeting minutes and found that nearly 30 meetings were held during the preparation process from the first meeting in August 2009 to October 2012. The entire huge project was successfully completed through collective efforts, and the sweat shed during this period will not be in vain. At this moment, the tune that comes to my mind is "There is Love in This City" sung by Zhou Huajian. "History records many deeds, and ordinary things can also create miracles. What I look forward to in my heart is to work hard with you. The predecessors plant trees, and the descendants will continue. The hard work forgets myself...".

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