0.52 meters from the ground, the inscription is 1.37 meters high, 0.92 meters wide, with an area of about 1.26 square meters. The characters are in cursive running style, each 0.1 meters across, carved in intaglio. The poem was written by Li Shangde, a noted scholar and native of Hezhou during his visit of the City on his way to the capital for an imperial examination.