绥德石雕历史悠久、用途广泛。据史料记载和实物考证，绥德石雕艺术已有两千多年的历史。同时，绥德石雕技艺是绥德人赖以生存的根脉性艺术，体现了绥德石雕与民众的生产、生活的不可分离的血肉联系，也体现了绥德人民的卓越才能与艺术创造力。

It has a long history and a wide variety of uses. According to historical records and physical research, the Suide stone carving art has a history of more than two thousand years. At the same time, Suide stone carving art is the root art that Suide people depend on for survival, which reflects the inseparable connection between Suide stone carving and people's production and life, and also reflects the outstanding talent and artistic creativity of Suide people.

勤劳智慧的绥德人，凭借着天然优质的山石资源和精湛的技术力量，打造出了石文化的过去和现在，开拓了石雕工艺的新天地。一支数以万计的石匠队伍，为省内外城乡建设打造出了光彩夺目的雄伟建筑和斑斓绚丽的石雕艺术品，而且，经绥德工匠所雕刻的石狮子已漂洋过海，远销日本、美国、东南亚等国家和地区。由此，绥德有“石狮故乡”“石狮王国”等美称。

The industrious and intelligent Suide people have created the past and present of stone culture and opened up a new world of stone carving technology by the natural and high-quality rock resources and superb technical force. A team of tens of thousands of masons has created dazzling majestic buildings and splendid stone carvings for urban and rural construction inside and outside the province. Moreover, the stone lions carved by Suide craftsmen have already crossed the ocean and were exported to Japan, the United States, Southeast Asia and other countries and regions. As a result, Suide is known as "the hometown of stone lions" and "the kingdom of stone lions".

绥德石雕艺术，以现实主义和浪漫主义相结合的艺术手法，大胆开拓创新的精神，用象征、含蓄、寓意深刻的笔触，精雕细刻的刀法和磅礴的气势，为全世界所瞩目。它所蕴含的艺术价值和学术价值是很高的，而且它对我们研究人文学、民俗学、历史学、民族学、东方美学乃至世界美学都有很高的价值。

Suide stone carving art, with the combination of realism and romanticism of the artistic technique, bold pioneering and innovative spirit, and with symbolic, implicit, allegorical profound brushstrokes, elaborate carving method and majestic momentum, has attracted the attention of the world. The artistic value and academic value it contains are very high, and it is of high value to our study of humanities, folklore, history, ethnology, oriental aesthetics and even world aesthetics.