Stone tablet signage used in traditional East Asian architecture
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Dismounting stele
Dismounting stele at Tainan's Confucian temple, reading in Chinese and Manchu "Civil and military officials, soldiers and citizens, all dismount from their horses here"
Traditional Chinese
下馬碑
Simplified Chinese
下马碑
Literal meaning
dismounting stele(s)
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
xiàmǎbēi
Wade–Giles
hsia-ma-pei
A dismounting stele is a stone tablet or stele traditionally erected outside important buildings or building complexes in Chinese and East Asian architecture. It gives notice of the nearest point to the location that riders should dismount horses or exit vehicles for properly respectful approach.[1][2]
^沈阳故宫下马碑的前世今生(图) (in Chinese). 中国网. 2008-10-27. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
^专家详解沈阳故宫新"下马碑" (in Chinese). 新华网. 2008-11-05. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
the location that riders should dismount horses or exit vehicles for properly respectful approach. Dismountingsteles were placed in front of gates to...
Confucian Temple. Inscription on the dismountingstele reads: "Civil and military officials, soldiers and citizens, all dismount from their horses here"...
meters and a depth of more than 5 meters. In front of the door is a dismountingstele engraved with the themes of qin, chess, calligraphy, and painting...
"Horse-Dismounting Stone". Upon the stone is written in Chinese calligraphy the words "Wen and Wu and their officials arrived at this point and dismounted their...
victory, the flat (ταρσός) of his foot will touch the earth while he is dismounting from his horse. Then he conquered the Medes and changed the name of the...
Panathenaic Games. In this event athletes would race against other athletes by dismounting and remounting moving chariots for prizes and renown. The base dates...
always refer to Sun Goddess Amaterasu. The Taiheiki (稲村崎成干潟事) says: Dismounting from his horse, Yoshisada removed his helmet and prostrating himself...
Goddess Amaterasu. The Taiheiki itself (稲村崎成干潟事) says (in Japanese): Dismounting from his horse, Yoshisada removed his helmet and prostrating himself...
nearby city. According to the Stele's engravings, when the two sides met each other in the field, Eannatum dismounted from his chariot and proceeded...
Goddess Amaterasu. The Taiheiki itself (稲村崎成干潟事) says (in Japanese): Dismounting from his horse, Yoshisada removed his helmet and prostrating himself...
most likely date of Yeon Gaesomun's death is that recorded on the tomb stele of his eldest son Yeon Namsaeng on the twenty-fourth year of the reign of...
eleven on the north. Since these passengers are sometimes depicted as dismounting they may be taken to represent the apobatai, participants in the ceremonial...
shortening the lance to about 150 cm (5 ft) to make it more manageable. As dismounting became commonplace, specialist polearms such as the pollaxe were adopted...
enemy attack. At the back the basket was open, making it easy to mount and dismount. There was no seat, and generally only enough room for the driver and one...
travel between battles; they were still considered infantry since they dismounted before combat. However, if light cavalry was lacking in an army, any available...
dilapidated fountain in the Marktstätte. Baur built a red sandstone four-sided stele or obelisk at the centre of a granite basin of the fountain, now called...
bows and sharp swords cannot injure them. When they do battle, they must dismount and array themselves in ranks. When one dies, another takes his place....
half-turn as he rams his spear into the ground to use it as a support in dismounting. ... In all Roman art there is no more spirited portrayal of an imperial...
Cătălin Enache was hired as a stylist. During the music video, the singer dismounts from a horse, enters an underground club with two females and dances there...
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