公元420年至589年,南朝。这是中国历史上最动荡的时期。在这一百多年间,就经历了宋、齐、梁、陈四个政权时期,南朝就是这四个朝代的总称。南朝,不仅是分裂、纷争不断、黑暗混乱的时期,同时也是经济、文化、民族融合的大发展时期。由于历史学上将东吴、东晋和南朝并称为六朝时期,所以南朝的陵墓石刻也被称之为六朝石刻,乃是南朝的皇帝陵墓和王侯陵墓前的神道石刻。 420 AD to 589 AD, Southern Dynasties. This is the most turbulent period in Chinese history. During these 100 years, they experienced the four regimes of Song, Qi, Liang and Chen. The Southern Dynasties were the general names of these four dynasties. The Southern Dynasties was not only a period of splitting, strife and dark chaos, but also a period of great development in economy, culture and national integration. As the history of Soochow, Eastern Jin and Southern Dynasties and known as the Six Dynasties period, so the Southern tomb stone carvings are also known as the Six Dynasties stone carving, but the Southern Emperor tombs and princes Shinto stone carvings.