在江南的古镇,数百年来留存下了相当数量的缆船石。市河的驳岸上每隔三五步必有一颗,河埠头上更多。一个八字式河埠头本身对称地安排两颗,河埠台阶两端各有一颗,这是一个定式。缆船石主要供农用小木船系缆,实用之余又酝酿出了石雕艺术。雕刻最多的是:定胜、如意、桔子、寿桃、犀角、暗八仙和瓶生三戟。自明至清,差不多全是祈 In ancient towns in the south, hundreds of years have left a considerable amount of cable ships. The river bank revetment every thirty-five steps must have one, more head of the river. A character-style river head itself arranged two symmetrically, the river port steps at each end of each one, this is a fixed style. Cable ship is mainly used for agricultural small wooden mooring lines, practical and brewing a stone art. The most carved are: Ding wins, wishful, oranges, peach, rhinoceros horns, dark eight immortals and bottle Sanji. Self-evident to clear, almost all prayer