The Xi'an Beilin Museum also includes exquisite Buddhist stone sculptures, including the one shown here. The “Statue of Maitreya” from the Northern Wei Dynasty (386 AD - 534 AD) is a valuable relic that allows historians to study the development of Buddhist stone sculptures in China. Found in Tianhe, Northern Zhou (557 AD – 581 AD), this sculpture is one of the museum's collection of steles (inscribed historic stones or slabs), the largest one in China. There are 4,000 steles in the museum, which is divided into seven exhibition halls which mainly display works of calligraphy, painting and historical records.
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