碑林

Bēilín

proper noun

Meanings

1 Forest of Steles, the museum of inscribed stone tablets in Xi'an
2 a large collection of steles

Characters

stele; stone tablet

Examples

HSK 7-9

西安的碑林收藏了很多唐代的石碑。

Xī'ān de Bēilín shōucáng le hěnduō Tángdài de shíbēi.

Xi'an's Forest of Steles holds many Tang dynasty steles.

HSK 7-9

这座寺庙后面有一片碑林，立着历代名人留下的石刻。

Zhè zuò sìmiào hòumian yǒu yí piàn bēilín, lì zhe lìdài míngrén liúxià de shíkè.

Behind the temple is a forest of steles, standing stones carved by famous people of many dynasties.

Tips

history

The Xi'an collection began in 1087 to keep the Tang stone classics safe and now holds thousands of steles, among them works by the calligraphers 颜真卿 and 柳公权 and the Nestorian Stele of 781, the oldest record of Christianity in China. It also gives its name to the city's 碑林区.

Stroke Order

碑 bēi

林 lín