Hidden character stone
Coordinates: 25°49′55″N 107°19′23″E / 25.831858°N 107.323023°E
Hidden Character Stone (藏字石 / 救星石) is a stone located in a scenic spot area in Zhangbu village (掌布乡), Pingtang County, Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou, People's Republic of China. The stone displays patterns on its surface that have been interpreted as Simplified Chinese characters and Traditional Chinese characters, and have been read as "Communist Party of China" (中國共產党), or alternatively as "Communist Party of China perish" (中國共產党亡).
Hidden Character Stone is a main attraction along with a jade water basin (玉水金盆) that is part of the Qiannan Pingtang National Geological Park (黔南平塘地质公园). The park has an area of about 201.6 square kilometers. The stone is in a narrow gap between two cliffs, just wide enough for two people.
In June 2002, the Duyun international photography exposition (都匀国际摄影博览会) recommended an area in Zhangbu as a photo spot. The stone was discovered during cleanup after the expo. The area has been isolated, untouched by humans for a long time.
The person cleaning the area was staff member Wang Guo-fu (王国富), who discovered the characters written on the stone.
From December 5–8, 2003 a Chinese scientific inspection group was formed to investigate the stone with about 15 scientists. Some of the notables include Li Ting-dong (李廷栋) from Chinese Academy of Sciences, Liu Bao-jun (刘宝君) from Chinese academy of Sciences and Li Feng-lin (李凤麟) from China University of Geosciences. The stone was analyzed to be about 270 million years old from the Permian period. There are no traces of the characters being made by humans. Other researchers included Li Feng-lin (李鳳麟) and Gu Jing-yi (賈精一).
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