The Stone Statue of Lao Tze is a national key cultural relics protection site seated on the central axis of ancient Quanzhou City. It was carved out of a whole natural granite stone with 5.63m in height, 8.01m in width, 6.85m in thickness and covers a land area of 55㎡. It is the earliest and largest Taoism stone statue of Lao Tze extant in China, and is reputed as “the greatest philosopher ever”, embodying the diversified cultures of Qingyuan Mountain.