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Stele Forest

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Stele Forest (碑林; pinyin: Bēil?n), aka Xi'an Stele Forest Museum or Xi'an Beilin Museum, is a museum for Stela|steles and stone sculptures which is located in Xi'an, China. Its name comes from its huge collection of steles, reminiscent of a forest.Image:God_of_literature.jpg|right|thumb|An ink rubbing of one of the calligraphy stela at the Beilin Museum in Xi'an, called the "God of Literature Pointing the Dipper." It depicts the figure, made up of the characters describing the four Confucian virtues, "pointing the dipper" (an expression for coming first in the imperial civil service examinations).
History


The Stele Forest was built in the Song Dynasty(1087) for the preservation of Kaichengshijing Stele which made in the Tang Dynasty.
Steles


It collects nearly 3000 steles and it is the biggest museum for steles in China. Most of its collection are steles of the Tang Dynasty. Ink rubbings of the steles are available for sale.

  • Caoquan Stele (曹全碑, Han Dynasty)

  • Simafang Stele (司马芳碑, Jin Dynasty)

  • Kaichengshijing Stele (开成石经碑, Tang Dynasty)

  • Nestorian Stele (大秦景教流行中国碑, Tang Dynasty)
Stone sculptures


  • Six Steeds of Zhao Mausoleum (Tang Dynasty)
External links


  • http://sources.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E7%A7%A6%E6%99%AF%E6%95%99%E6%B5%81%E8%A1%8C%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E7%A2%91%E9%A2%82 Nestorian Stele Ode (Wikisource, Chinese)


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Category:Museums in China
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