Xi'an attractions: Forest of Stone Steles (travelchinaguide.com) Updated: 2013-05-02. Once the site of the Temple of Confucius during the Northern Song dynasty (960-1127), the Forest of Stone ...

The eastern starting point of the Silk Road trading route, Xi’an – then known as Chang’an – was a key crossroad between China, the Middle East and Europe and once China’s capital.