Steles
It houses nearly 3,000 steles and it is the biggest collection of steles in China. Most of its exhibits are steles of the Tang Dynasty. Ink rubbings of the steles are available for sale.
Among the unusual examples is an 18th-century stele depicting a Yangtze River flood control project. Another appears to be a bamboo forest, but on examination the leaves and branches form a poem.
The famous Nestorian Stele was moved to the Stele Forest in 1907, after the local authorities learned that the Danish adventurer Frits Holm was in town, trying to trade the ancient monument with a replica and take original one out of the country.
- Cao Quan Stele (曹全碑, Han Dynasty)
- Sima Fang Stele (司马芳碑, Jin Dynasty)
- Kaicheng Shi Jing Stele (开成石经碑, Tang Dynasty)
- Nestorian Stele (大秦景教流行中国碑, Tang Dynasty)
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