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Harvard Bixi
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.
History.
The Bixi was created ca. 1820 in Beijing, and the stele was originally a gift from the Jiaqing Emperor to Songyun (松筠), the governor-general of Jiangsu
Bixi (disambiguation)
Bixi may refer to:
- Bixi, a tortoise-like animal in Chinese mythology
- Harvard Bixi
- BIXI Montréal, a bicycle-sharing system in Montréal, Canada
- PBSC Urban Solutions, a bicycle-sharing system developer and supplier who created the BIXI brand.
See also.
- Bixie, a lion-like animal in Chinese mythology