Stele Forest

Stele Forest (碑林; pinyin: Bēiln), aka Xi'an Stele Forest Museum or Xi'an Beilin Museum, is a museum for steles and stone sculptures which is located in Xi'an, China. Its name comes from its huge collection of steles, reminiscent of a forest.

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

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