The
Forest of Steles was initially established in AD 1087 when some precious
stone steles were moved here for safe keeping, including the "Classic
on Filial Piety" written by Emperor Xuanzong in AD 745 and "the
Kaicheng Stone Steles" arved in AD 837.
It is an enlargement to the Confucian Classics stone inscriptions
in the Tang Dynasty. the "Classic on Filial Piety" ( stele
engraved with the Canon of Filial Piety) and the "Kaicheng Stone
Steles" ( 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). In 904 AD the engraved
Confucian Classics were moved inside the Wen Xuan Temple ( in the
vicinity of the present She Hui Street of Xi'an).Due to poor environment,
in the second year of Yuan You of the Song Dynasty, ( 1087 AD) on
the suggestion of Lu Dazhong, all the Confucian Classics and other
valued Tang steles were moved to the present site of the Forest of
Steles under the auspices of Li Chi. Thus the foundation of the Forest
of Steles was initially laid.
With the successive collections of Steles in the Song, Jin, Yuan,
Ming and Qing dynasties, it was gradually renovated and expanded,
making one feel among a forest of steles. But it was not until 1992
that , it was officially named as the Forest of Stone Steles Museum.
Based on the design of Liang sicheng, China's well-known architect,
the Forest of Steles was extensively renovated in 1937, and was completed
in Feb. 1938, looking in the main the way it does today. With an area
of 31,000 square meters, the Forest of Stone Steles used to be the
principal museum for Shaanxi Province since 1944.
In
March 1961, the State Council decreed that the Forest of Steles was
among the first group of national cultural relics to be given special
protection. Now it is an important part of the Shaanxi Provincial
Museum. In 1982, the 7th Exhibition Hall of the Forest of Steles was
established. Collections of Steles have been increased from 667 in
the Qing Dynasty to over 2,000 steles, of which over 1,000 are open
to the public. Seven exhibition halls, a pavilion covered with steles
and six corridors for keeping epitaphs form a complete architectural
complex of a unique style, making the Forest of Steles, a treasure
trove of the art of calligraphy look all the more magnificent.
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The
Forest of Steles was initially established in AD 1087 when some precious
stone steles were moved here for safe keeping, including the "Classic
on Filial Piety" written by Emperor Xuanzong in AD 745 and "the
Kaicheng Stone Steles" arved in AD 837.