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	Forest of Stone Steles Museum Xian
		Shitai Xiaojing (stele engraved with the Canon of Filial Piety) and Kaicheng Shijing (steles engraved with the Confucian Classics) of the Tang Dynasty were originally kept in the Imperial Academy in Wu Ben District of Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty (in the vicinity of the present Wen Yi Street, southern Xi'an).
		The Incomplete stele of Sima Fang of the Jin Dynasty
		This stele was unearthed in the western suburb of Xi'an in 1945 and moved to the Forest of Steles in 1949.
	www.cnhomestay.com /city/xian/forest.htm (6537 words)

	Stele - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Stele is also a concept in plant biology.
		An informative stele of Tiglath-Pileser III is preserved in the British Museum.
		A Buddhist Stele from China, Northern Wei period, built in the early 6th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stele (325 words)

	Stele Forest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Stele Forest (碑林; pinyin: Bēilín), 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.
		The Stele Forest began with the Kaichengshijing Steles (开成石经碑) and Shitaixiaojing Steles (石台孝经碑), two groups of steles both carved in the Tang dynasty and displayed in the temple to Confucius in Chang'an.
		In 904, a rebel army sacked Chang'an, and the two stele were evacuated to the inner city.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stele_Forest (240 words)

	Stele Forest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Stone steles are actually large slabs of stone with Chinese carvings depicting written works by many great men in the history of China.
		The steles span the time of the Han dynasty to the Qing dynasty.
		The forest is well marked with signs in English so that visitors who are not as skilled in reading Chinese can still enjoy the main idea of the writings.
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	China - Xi'an and Shaanxi Province (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		FOREST OF STELE:The Forest of Stele, which is located on the site of the ancestral temple of the Tang Dynasty.
		The Forest of Stele was first founded in 1090 A.D. during the Song Dynasty.
		The stele are numerous enough to be likened to a forest, hence the name.
	www.ket.org /artofthehorse/shaanxi.htm (944 words)

	CNTO - China National Tourist Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Stele Forest lies inside the southern city wall of Xi'an, where there are the largest numbers of steles from different dynasties.
		The construction of the Stele Forest began in 1087.
		The Huaqing Pool is situated at the foot of Lishan Mountain in the south and borders on the Wei River in the north, almost 21 miles east of Xi'an City.
	www.cnto.org /silkroad-shaanxi.asp (1401 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for stele (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		stele STELE [stele], slab of stone or terra-cotta, usually oblong, set up in a vertical position, for votive or memorial purposes.
		Copán is noted for its fine sculptured stele and majestic architecture.
		Rare antique stele stating village code of conduct found in SW China.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=stele (532 words)

	stele - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		STELE [stele], slab of stone or terra-cotta, usually oblong, set up in a vertical position, for votive or memorial purposes.
		Stelae of great age are found in China and among the ruins of the Mayan culture in Mexico and Central America.
		Recast: 1,300-year-old stele eyed by Chinese, Japanese archaeologists.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-stele.html (202 words)

	Forest of Stele in Xian
		Once the Temple of Confucius, the Forest of Steles at Sanxuejie Street nearby the South Gate in Xian was originally built in Northern Song Dynasty (1090 A.D.) when a large Confucian collection of steles cut in A.D. 837 - the oldest existing texts of the Confucian classics - was moved here for safekeeping.
		One of the more striking exhibits is the Forest of Steles, the heaviest collection of books in the world with the earliest of these more than 2,000 large engraved stone tablets dates from the Han Dynasty.
		The Popular Stele of Daiqin Nestorianism, which can be recognizable by the small cross at the tip and engraved in 781 A.D., marks the opening of a Nestorian church.
	www.cntravel.biz /cityguides/xian/forest.htm (270 words)

	Frame of Reference - Sextus Stele
		(see Primus Stele: Heavens, verse 8) This is true, but according to Malinowski there are many aspects of early religion which cannot be placed in Tylor's scheme of animism alone.
		Anasazi is the Navajo word for 'the Old Ones' and their carvings were once thought to be simple pieces of cave art, but it is now known that many carvings are located to correspond to the path of Sun.
		32) As suggested (see Quartus Stele: Chemistry, verse 1) fire is one of the primary liberating influences of early man. This extended the range of habitation from tropical and semi-arid regions into sub-tropical and temperate regions.
	www.2think.org /frame_of_reference_sextus_stele.shtml (7413 words)

	tour destinations xian xian251
		The Forest of Steles, lying inside the southern City Wall, is the place where there are the largest number of steles of different dynasties.
		The Stele Forest began to be built in 1087 (the 2nd year of the North Song Zhezong Ere).
		People will gasp in admiration to the steles here which seems like a forest, for their gathering together all kinds of styles of characters written by famous specialists such as Zhuan (seal), Li, Kai (regular script), Xing and Cao.
	www.cntravel.biz /china_tour_destinations/xian/xian251.shtml (394 words)

	Xian - China Travel Destination
		Forest of Stelae Located inside the walled city of Xian, the Forest of Stelae (Beilin) is a historical museum that preserves stone tablets and monuments collected over the centuries.
		During the Song Dynasty, in 1090, these steles, along with some others, were relocated to the present site, and in the coming centuries the museum and its collection were further expanded.
		The Classic of Filial Piety, for instance, was prefaced and hand-written by the Xuanzong Emperor of the Tang Dynasty in the year 745; the text is engraved on four stelae each measuring five meters (15 feet) in height and 3 meters (9 feet) across.
	www.allchinatours.com /destinations/Xian-guide.htm (1394 words)

	Chinese Architecture: Kong Lin (Forest of Confucius)
		The Confucian Forest, ‘Forest of the Exalted Sage’ or Confucian Family Cemetery has been the historic burial ground of the Kong family for over 2000 years and reflects an almost uninterrupted continuity of almost eighty generations.
		During the dynastic periods from the Han through the Qing disciples and leaders constructed--in addition to over sixty halls and pavilions--sculptures, archways, stele, and literally countless numbers of tombstones (estimates suggest over 100,000 Kong relatives are buried there) and mounds indicating locations of long-forgotten graves that link the past to the present.
		The Forest occasionally fell in to disrepair, and was often renovated; large-scale tree plantings occurred five times and the total area of the forest was expanded at least three.
	www.orientalarchitecture.com /qufu/KONGLIN.htm (702 words)

	Xian Forest of Stele Museum, Travel Guide to Xi'an China
		Xian Forest of Stele Museum is located at San Xue Street, near the south gate of the City Wall.
		Established in 1090 during the Northern Song Dynasty, the Stele Forest in Xian is well-known nationally for a fine and large collection of more than 1, 000 inscribed stones engraved during the period of the Han to the Qing Dynasties for over 2, 000 years.
		These steles were inscribed with five varieties of calligraphy, seal characters, official script, regular script, running hand and cursive hand.
	www.chinahighlights.com /xian/attractions/forest-of-stele-muesum.htm (402 words)

	Stele Forest Museum, Xi'an China
		The Stele Forest Museum, lying in the Sanxue Street in Xi'an City, is at the foot of the city wall against the Kuixing Tower.
		Displayed in the middle of the pavilion, is the largest tablet in the forest "The Classics of Filial Piety".
		Xi'an forest of steles is not only a treasure house of ancient Chinese calligraphy, but also a rich collection of China's historical documents and records and stone carving patterns.
	www.china-travel-tour-guide.com /attractions/stele-forest-museum.shtml (440 words)

	Xian, Wolong Temple.. Tourist Information - VIRTOURIST.COM
		Next to this Temple is a great Museum, the Xian Stele Forest Museum.
		The name of the Stele Forest comes form the fact that the steles are so numerous that they resemble a forest.
		The original Stele Forest was built during the Song Dynasty (1087) to preserve the Kaichengshijing Stele from the Tang Dynasty.
	www.virtourist.com /asia/china/xian/29.htm (98 words)

	Travel in Xi'an - China - Asia - Culture - WorldTravelGate.net®-
		Archaeological research indicates that the western section of the town wall was 2656m/2920yd long, the northern 1135m/1248yd and the eastern (divided into three sections) 2610m/2870yd.
		The Forest of Stele is located on the site of the Imperial Collage of Learned Confusian Scholars which was established during the Tang Dynasty.
		A stele is an upright stone or slab with an inscribed surface.
	www.asiatravelling.net /china/xian/xian_culture.htm (882 words)

	Xian, Shannxi, China Tour
		The Forest of Stele was first founded in 1090, during the Song Dynasty.
		The steles are in such large quantity that they are likened to a forest, hence the name.
		The forest consists of six large exhibition halls, seven corridors and a stele pavilion.
	www.chinatour.com /attraction/xian.htm (581 words)

	China Tours - China Travel - China Travel Tour - China Travel Guide - China Travel Service - China Custom Tours
		A later comer during the Tang, the Lesser Wild-Goose Pagoda in Jianfu Temple is an exquisite and graceful 43.3-metre-high structure with 13 floors.
		Situated in the Shaanxi Museum, the Stele Forest of Xi'an is the largest and oldest of its kind in China with a collection of 2,300 stone tablets and epitaphs from the Han, Wei, Jin, Sui Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing, forming comprehensive library of books-on-stones measurable historical and artistic value.
		Yellow Emperor, the legendary ancestor of all the Chinese in the world today, is worshiped every year at this mausoleum north of Huangling County which evinces classic sanctity amidst a forest of verdant, yet ancient-looking cypress trees.
	www.chinacustomtours.com /city/shaanxi.html (1412 words)

	Stele Forest to Apply for World Heritage
		Based in the provincial capital of Xi'an, The Forest of Steles has gathered over 3,300 ancient steles and grave stones, with the earliest dating back to the Han Dynasty.
		The stele forest, dubbed the largest stone library in China, was first built in Song Dynasty.
		It holds the popular stele of Daqin Nestorianism, which was carved in Tang Dynasty to mark the opening of a Nestorian church, an early Christian set.
	www.chinainfotravel.com /Stele_Forest_to_Apply_for_World_Heritage_4919.htm (183 words)

	Shofar FTP Archives: people/s/smith.brian.r/1996/stele.0896
		To elaborate: >kurtstele@aol.com (Kurt Stele) writes: # The whole story is goofy: shipping Jews across hell's half # acre to put them "gas chambers." >One obvious reason was that the murder in the Euthanasia >gas chambers in Germany was strongly protested by the >population and the clergy.
		Reply-To: kurtstele@aol.com (Kurt Stele) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com rost@ewald.physics.wisc.edu (ROST) wrote: >Just look back at the history: all BIG things that happened last couple hundred >years were done by Jews or with their assistance.
		Reply-To: kurtstele@aol.com (Kurt Stele) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com nrn@tezcat.com (Norman Nithman) wrote: >As far as I remember, Duke first came to notice as a college student >for donning a Nazi uniform and demonstrating in front of where >radical lawyer William Kunstler was appearing.
	www.nizkor.org /ftp.cgi/ftp.py?people/s/smith.brian.r/1996/stele.0896 (17224 words)

	Guilin hotels and accommodation: China hotels and Travel guide
		And in the park, there are such well-known tourist spots as the Guilin Stelae Forest, Bonsai Garden, Zoo, Flower Bridge, Putuo Hill, Seven Star Cave, Moon Cave and Camel Hill.
		Guilin Stele Forest : There are about 2,000 pieces of stone carvings and inscriptions in Guilin, of which about 100 are in the Dragon Refuge Cave.
		Departments and units in charge of protecting historical relics have built an exhibition hall at the entrance of the cave and put on display some rubbed version of the carvings and inscriptions collected from stelae in other hills and caves.
	www.resorthotel.net /china/guilin/thing_to_see_do.htm (451 words)

	The Mt. Fanjing Nature Reserve - Chinese Nature Reserves
		The reserve has 300 square kilometers of pnmeval forests, precipitous peaks, mysterious valleys, waterfalls, springs and blossoming flowers.
		In addition there is Music-Listening Hall, the Stele Forest, and Cooling Pavilion.
		Near the entrance to the reserve accommodations are available at the Fanjing and Sleeping Dragon villas, as well as post and telecommunications facilities.
	www.chinaplanner.com /forestparks/naturereserves/nr_fnr.htm (361 words)

	China tours and hotels in beijing, shanghai, kunming, xian, guilin
		It is a massive collection of grey limestone pillars, split by rain water and eroded to their present fanciful forms.
		Since the Ming dynasty, Stone Forest has long been one of the most famous scenic spots in China.
		From the 11th century B.C. on, it served as the capital of a dozen dynasties.
	www.asia-planet.com /china/index.htm (647 words)

	China Travels
		Explore the subtropical evergreen spruce and broadleaf forest at Mt.Lushan,marvel at the architectural complex of Guangfu Temple in front of which there grows a 2000-year-old cypress with the trunk 30 feet in girth.
		Explore the Stele Forest of the Red Army and Huangtsesi,the shrine to Wuzetian,who seized the throne from her husband,one emperor of Tang Dynasty.(BLD)Overnight in Guangyuan
		Depart for Xinwen,home of Stone Forest and Karst Caves.
	groups.msn.com /ChinaTravels/discoveringsouthwestchina.msnw (794 words)

	Seven Star Park: Guilin Tourist Attractions
		The park is endowed with elegant mountains, clear water, miraculous stone forest, deep and serene valleys, plentiful animals and plants and valued cultural relics.
		At the southwestern foot, there is Guihai Stele Forest, which consists of Longyin Cave, Longyin Rock.
		The stele forest has more than 220 tablets, referring to politics, economy, culture and military affairs in forms of poems, posies, couplets and images.
	www.travelchinaguide.com /attraction/guangxi/guilin/seven_star.htm (769 words)

	Seven Star Park of Guilin , Travel Guide to Guilin China
		Covering an area of 134, 70 hectares, it is the largest park, composed of some of the finest sights in the city.
		Guihai Stele Forest is set to the south of the Crescent Hill where about 218 stone carvings and inscriptions are well preserved.
		If you won’t have time to visit the Famous Forest of Stele in Xian, this one, however, will provide a ideal alternative.
	www.chinahighlights.com /guilin/attractions/seven-star-park.htm (463 words)

	Great Wall in Tianjin: Huangyaguan
		Also, the arms and everyday ware of Qi Jiguang (a general in Ming Dynasty and also a national hero) and his soldiers are displayed.
		The Stele Forest is the biggest in northern China.
		Stele inscriptions show the calligraphy of Chairman Mao, some generals of New China and modern calligraphers.
	travelchinaguide.com /china_great_wall/scene/tianjin/huangyaguan.htm (598 words)

	Timely Visa
		Dalian, located at the southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, is important as a port and as an industrial and tourist city.
		It is said that the head of General Guan Yu of the Kingdom of Shu was buried here after he was murdered and decapitated by two traitors.
		Stele Forest is a treasure house of Chinese calligraphy with a huge collection of stone tablets inscribed by outstanding calligraphers of all dynasties.
	www.timelyvisa.com /Cities_in_China.htm (7411 words)

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