Stele and Calligraphy Collection

Now the Huaqing Pool houses 7 famous steles, 16 stones inscribed with poems, 7 carved stones and 4 pairs of stone works. After 1949 the steles and inscribed stones are increased by 69. Among them, the Northern Wei Hot Spring Eulogia Stele, Hot Spring Inscription Stele, etc are the most famous.

In 647, Tang Emperor Taizong wrote an article and had it engraved on a stone tablet. The Hot Spring Inscription Stele once stood in the pavilion near the South Gate of Tangquan Palace. Unfortunately, the stele was destroyed. In March 1993, a duplicate tablet, made according to the rubbing of the genuine one, was set in the Imperial Pool Ruins Museum. It is the first stele inscribed in semi-script.

The inscription of The Northern Wei Hot Spring Eulogia Stele was composed and wrote by Yuan Chang, an official in Northern Wei. In the Tang Dynasty is was called Glass Stele for the head of it was made of colored glaze. It has a height of 1.5 meters and a width of 0.7. The table has 588 characters in 20 lines. It is the oldest material in the Huaqing Pool. In 1982 the State Administration Bureau of Museums and Archaeological Promulgated that this famous stele is forbidden to be rubbed.

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