Introduction to the Five Rites Stele: Commonly known as the "Five Rites Stele", this stele is huge in shape and has a limestone structure. From bottom to top, it is composed of four parts: the cornerstone, the tortoise, the stele body, and the stele forehead. It is 11.95 meters high, 3.04 meters wide, 1.13 meters thick and weighs 140.3 tons. According to research, it is the tallest and largest existing stele in my country. The Wuli Stele was originally a Tang stele. It was written by the famous calligrapher Liu Gongquan on the orders of Emperor Wenzong of the Tang Dynasty for He Jintao, the governor of Weibo. It was erected in the fifth year of Kaicheng of the Tang Dynasty (840). In the second year of Daguan in the Northern Song Dynasty (1108 AD), Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty revised the "Five Rites and New Rituals" and ordered Liang Zimei, the famous official Yin, to erect a monument for the "Five Rites and New Rituals". In order to please the emperor, Liang Zimei destroyed the monument of He Jintao's virtue and policy. The "Five Rites and New Rituals" was engraved on its stone, referred to as the "Five Rites Stele", also known as the "Tang and Song Dynasty Stele".

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