The Forest of Steles in Xi'an

The Forest of Steles was founded in 1090 A.D, housing over 2300 steles of the Han, Wei, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Exhibited here are also stone tablets on which are engraved the handwritings of such Tang calligraphic masters as Ouyang Xun, Chu Suiliang, Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan. The well-known steles of many dynasties include “the Stele of Caoquan" of the Han, “the Stele of Si Mafang"of the Jing, “the Stele of the Canons of Filial Piety on Stone Terraces", “the Stele of the Stone Classics of Kaichen"and “the Popular Stele of Daqin Nestorianism"of the Tang.