Top 10 attractions in Xi'an, China

   Forest of Stone Steles Museum (Xi'an Beilin Museum) (碑林博物馆)

 

Forest of Stone Steles Museum (Xi'an Beilin Museum) [By Xiao Wu/blog.163.com]

Forest of Stone Steles Museum, initially established in 1087, is the largest and oldest museum of steles in China and has a large collection of 3,000 steles from the Han Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty. These stone steles record the development of Chinese culture and cultural exchanges between China and other countries.

Address: 15 Sanxue Street

Admission: 45 yuan (March to November); 30 yuan (December to February)

Hours: 8 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. (March to November, last entry 6 p.m.); 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. (December to February, last entry 5:15 p.m.)

Tel: +86 29 87210764

How to get there: Bus 14, 208, 402, 512, 223, 704 to Wen Chang Men