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Harvard's Chinese Stele
Harvard Bixi
Harvard Bixi before the north facade of Widener Library
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42°22′25″N 71°7′1″W / 42.37361°N 71.11694°W / 42.37361; -71.11694
LocationCambridge, Massachusetts
TypeChinese tortoise-borne stele
MaterialMarble
Height17 feet
Opening date1796-1820[1] (construction date)
September 17, 1936 (presented to Harvard)
Dedicated toHarvard University

The Harvard Bixi is a 17-foot high, 27 ton Chinese marble stele with a turtle pedestal located at Harvard University, north of Boylston Hall and west of Widener Library in Harvard Yard, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The stele was presented to the university by the Chinese Harvard Alumni for its Tercentenary in September 1936.[2]

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  2. ^ The President and Fellows of Harvard College. The Tercentenary of Harvard College: A Chronicle of the Tercentenary Year 1935-1936. Harvard University Press, 1937. p. 138.

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