Harvard Bixi

Harvard's Chinese Stele
Harvard Bixi
	Harvard Bixi before the north facade of Widener Library
	42°22′25″N 71°7′1″W / 42.37361°N 71.11694°W
Location	Cambridge, Massachusetts
Type	Chinese tortoise-borne stele
Material	Marble
Height	17 feet
Opening date	1796-1820 (construction date) ; September 17, 1936 (presented to Harvard)
Dedicated to	Harvard 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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^ 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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[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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