the unfinished bixi blank stele, re-installed in red chamber culture park
in 1999, another, unfinished, stone tortoise , unfinished stele lying on ground discovered in ravine on 100 m southeast sifangcheng pavilion, , closer madame chiang kai-shek s former villa (known meiling gong). tortoise, larger under shengde stele , kangxi emperor s steles, , matching blank stele recognized experts being products of ming, reasons manufacture , abandonment became subjects speculation among historians. number of possible explanations - faulty material overthrow of jianwen emperor yongle emperor in 1402 - have been advanced.
in meantime, tortoise , blank stele (无字碑) have been moved red chamber culture park (红楼艺文苑, honglou yiwen yuan), located east of ming xiaoling complex. park (which otherwise modern dream-of-the-red-chamber-themed landscape , sculpture park) can visited on same ticket ming xiaoling proper.
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