Engraved petroglyphs from Lianyungang, Ancient petroglyphs in Lianyungang, China.

The General Cliff Rock Paintings (Jiangjunya Petroglyphs) are carved into a sloping rock face 22 metres long from north to south and 15 metres wide from east to west, at the southern foot of Jinping Mountain in Jinping Town, southwest of Haizhou District, Lianyungang, Jiangsu. The carvings fall into three groups: the first shows human faces and crops, the second star patterns and bird and animal motifs, and the third human faces mixed with symbols.

These carvings were created thousands of years ago and rank among China's earliest documented forms of artistic expression. They testify to settlements along the eastern coast that existed long before other known cultures emerged in the region.

The carvings are divided into three groups: the first shows human faces and crops, the second star patterns and bird and animal motifs, the third human faces mixed with symbols. Because their meaning is unclear, they have been called the "Oriental Book from Heaven".

The carvings lie on a sloping rock face 22 m long from north to south and 15 m wide from east to west, in Jinping Town on the southern foot of Jinping Mountain, about 14 km west of Lianyungang. The three groups of images are best read in order: human faces and crops first, then stars and birds, then faces mixed with symbols.

The carvings were discovered only in 1979, and in the 1980s researchers found three petroglyph panels of several square metres each. Because their contents were so hard to read, they were nicknamed the "Oriental Book from Heaven". One view dates them to around 8000 BC, which would make them the oldest rock paintings found in China.