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Cuan Baozi Stele 爨宝子碑Cuàn Bǎozǐ Bēi
National heritage site · Qujing, Yunnan
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Qujing
- Region
- Yunnan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Cuan Baozi Stele
Carved in AD 405, the Cuan Baozi Stele is the 1.83 m tombstone of Cuan Baozi, a local governor of the powerful Cuan clan, and its 403 characters are a celebrated example of calligraphy caught between clerical and regular script. Unearthed in 1778, it has stood in a stele pavilion here since 1937. Beside it is the Duan alliance stele, erected in 971 after the Duan rulers of the Dali kingdom swore an alliance with 37 tribes of eastern Yunnan.
How to get to Cuan Baozi Stele
In the Cuan Culture Museum on the campus of Qujing No. 1 Middle School on Beiyuan Road in central Qujing, where visitors may need to register at the school gate; Qujing is a short high-speed train ride east of Kunming.
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