Stele Forest

The Xi'an Beilin Museum, commonly known as the Stele Forest, is a museum of inscribed stone monuments and stone sculpture in , . Its historical collection was established at the local Confucian temple and prefectural school in 1087.
  • Locality
  • …lies at an elevation of around 430 metres (1,400 feet)
  • Description: collection of ancient, medieval, and early modern Chinese stellas in Xi’an
  • Also known as
    “Beilin”
    “Beilin Museum”
    “Beilin Qu”
    “Forest of Steles”
    “Forest of Steles in Xi’an”
    “Forest of Stellas”
    “Hsi-an Pei-lin”
    “Pei Lin Museum”
    “Pei-lin”
    “Stele Forest of Xi’an”
    “Stele Museum”
    “Stella Forest”
    “Stella Forest of Xi’an”
    “Xi’an Beilin”
    “Xi’an Beilin Museum”
    “Xi’an Stele Forest”
    “Xi’an Stele Museum”
    “Xi’an Stella Forest”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yongningmen and Yongning Gate.
station is a station of Line 2 of the Xi'an Metro.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wenyilu and Zhangjiacun.
Subdistrict is a subdistrict of Beilin District, .
Subdistrict is a subdistrict of Beilin District, .
Subdistrict is a subdistrict of Beilin District, .
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Latitude
34.25° or 34° 15′ north
Longitude
108.941° or 108° 56′ 28″ east
Open location code
8P6C7W2R+2C
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Yue Chinese—“Stele Forest” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Музей стэл”
  • Cebuano: “Beilin (kapital sa gatos sa Republikang Popular sa Tsina, Shaanxi, lat 34,23, long 108,92)”
  • Chinese: “碑林”
  • Chinese: “碑林区”
  • Chinese: “西安碑林”
  • Chinese: “西安碑林博物馆”
  • Dutch: “Stele Forest”
  • Esperanto: “Arbaro de Steleoj”
  • Esperanto: “Stelebosko”
  • French: “Forêt de stèles”
  • French: “musée Beilin de Xi’an”
  • German: “Stelenwald von Xi’an”
  • Greek: “Δάσος των Στηλών”
  • Italian: “Foresta di Stele”
  • Japanese: “せいあんひりんはくぶつかん”
  • Japanese: “西安碑林博物館”
  • Korean: “비림”
  • Persian: “موزه جنگل سنگ‌یادبود”
  • Polish: “Beilin”
  • Russian: “Музей стел”
  • Slovenian: “Gozd stel”
  • Swedish: “Beilinmuseet”
  • Turkish: “Stel Ormanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Ліс стел”
  • Wu Chinese: “西安碑林博物馆”
  • Yue Chinese: “碑林”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Xincheng and Lianhu.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bell Tower Hotel and Xiaoyan Ta.

Shaanxi: Highlights

Learn more about Xianyang and Yan’an.
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