Stele Forest

The Xi'an Beilin Museum (simplified Chinese: 西安碑林博物馆; traditional Chinese: 西安碑林博物館; pinyin: Xī'ān Bēilín Bówùguǎn), commonly known as the Stele Forest, is a museum of inscribed stone monuments and stone sculpture in Beilin District, Xi'an. Its historical collection was established at the local Confucian temple and prefectural school in 1087. The museum preserves texts and sculptures dating from the Han dynasty to the Qing dynasty, including Confucian classics, major works of Chinese calligraphy, religious inscriptions and funerary sculpture.