Not to be missed ▏ Xi 'an Forest of Steles Museum

Xi 'an Beilin Museum is located at No. 15, Sanxue Street, Beilin District, Xi 'an, Shaanxi Province. Due to the expansion project of Beilin Museum, only the area of ancient Confucius Temple buildings is currently open to the public.

⭐️ Ticket information
Ticket Price:
Ticket price is not high season, 10 people. 【 Visit area: To the south of the Forest of Steles Square is the area of ancient Temple buildings. 】

How to buy tickets:
Book tickets in advance through Xi 'an Forest of Steles Museum GFWZ, GZH or ZFB
To enter the park with ID card or electronic QR code

Opening hours
Open at 9:00, stop checking at 17:00, close at 17:30.

Preferential policy
For active military personnel (including retired military cadres), the disabled, the elderly above 65 years old (including 65 years old), and children under 6 years old (including 6 years old), with the military officer's card (retirement card), non-commissioned officer's card, soldier's card, disability card, resident ID card (or Shaanxi Province Respect for the elderly card) free tickets.

Spouses and minor children under the age of 18 brought by active servicemen themselves are free of charge with valid certificates such as marriage certificate and household register. Fire rescue personnel (including retired), with valid documents to enjoy the same preferential treatment policy for active soldiers.

Precautions for booking
Time-sharing reservation system: Please be sure to visit according to the scheduled time
Special ID group: Please go to the ticket window to redeem free tickets

Visiting route
Entrance: Located in the east side of Yongning Gate (South gate) in Xi 'an under the root of the ancient city wall, the entrance is on the side of the cypress forest on Wenyi North Road.

Main exhibition area:
Temple of Confucius ancient architecture group: including Zhaobi, Taihe Qi Fang, panchi, Lingxing gate, Haji gate, Huachou, pavilion, east and west two sides of the architectural remains.

Forest of Steles: Collection of a large number of precious calligraphy works and stone inscriptions, such as Tang Jingyun bell, Dashixia stone horse, Shitai Xiaojing, Kaicheng stone, multi-pagoda stele, Ji Wang Shengjiao preface stele.

Main exhibit
Xi 'an Stele Forest Museum mainly focuses on stone steles, epitaphs and stone statues of the past dynasties, and has a rich collection, including:
● Tang Xuanzong handwritten "Shitai Jing of Filial Piety" inscription: national treasure level cultural relics
● Jing Yun Bell: Known as the first bell in the world, one of the first cultural relics banned from traveling abroad for exhibition in China
● Bactrian stone horse: engraved with the Bactrian year name, it is the only physical object that can prove the Bactrian dynasty
The Six horses of Zhaoling Mausoleum: a stone carving of six horses by Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty
● Huaisu cursive "Thousand Characters" : an important work to understand and study the development and evolution of Chinese calligraphy

Matters needing attention

● Best time to visit: Morning is the best time to avoid the flow of people and better feel the cultural atmosphere.

What do you want to take?

Xi 'an Stele Forest Museum is mainly composed of Confucius Temple, stele forest, stone carving art room and stone carving art gallery. It is a local thematic museum focusing on collection, research and display of stone tablets and tombstones and stone carving statues of the past dynasties.

Walk through an exhibition area from the entrance, on the right hand side is the sign of Xi 'an Stele Forest, turn through a porch, turn into the door, there is a freezer, inside is Jingyun Zhong Wenchong ice cream, 18.

The cultural and creative shop area is not large, it is only twenty or thirty square meters, and the classification of cultural and creative products is placed against the wall, and there is a stacking area in the middle. A door to see is the blind box area, next to the blind box area is the theme of the forest of Steles creative products.

The Inscriptions in the forest are mainly composed of inscriptions and stationery supplies, including rice paper, printing mud, ink blocks, ink stones, writing pens and stationery sets, as well as daily necessities such as t-shirts, hats, canvas bags, backpacks and umbrellas. At the same time, it also sells the literature and creation of Shaanxi History Museum and Xi 'an Museum. Tuo has a special store, the window is the stamp area, you can cover 4 kinds of seals for free.