It is during this time of the Southern and Northern Dynasties that the Liang Dynasty (502–557) cartographers also began carving maps into stone steles (alongside the maps already drawn and painted on paper and silk).
Tijekom tog vremena južnih i sjevernih dinastija kartografi iz dinastije Liang (502. – 557.) počeli su urezivati karte u kamene stele (uz karte koje su otprije bile crtane i oslikavane na papiru i svili).