The Xi'an Beilin Museum, also known as the Xi'an forest of stone tablets collects ancient stone steles from the Qin, Han, Ming and Qing dynasties. It has six display rooms, eight stele pavilions, and four display rooms. In total, the museum houses over 4,000 different stone inscriptions, epitaphs, tombs and statues. It is also considered the art center of Chinese calligraphy.
The museum houses the Nestorian Stele which is an inscription about the first Christian missionaries and Christianity in China. It also has the Stele of Filial piety which talks about a child's responsibility to his or her parents.
The Nestorian Stele (far left)
Canon of Filial Piety
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