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Beizhen Temple 北镇庙Běizhèn Miào
National heritage site · Jinzhou, Liaoning
- Time needed
- 1–1.5 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jinzhou
- Region
- Liaoning
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Beizhen Temple
The state temple to the spirit of Yiwulü Mountain, the northern one of China's five guardian mountains, founded in 594 and rebuilt under the Ming dynasty from 1370. Its halls climb a hillside along a 240 m axis, from a stone arch and gate through the main hall to the rear sleeping hall, with bell and drum towers, stele pavilions and 56 steles of the Yuan, Ming and Qing periods. The provincial heritage department calls it the best-preserved large temple of the five guardian mountains, and the foundations of a Qianlong-era travelling palace lie to its east.
How to get to Beizhen Temple
On a rise about 3 km west of the centre of Beizhen and about 76 km north-east of central Jinzhou.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Guangning City, Beizhen (Drum Tower and Li Chengliang Arch) 广宁城（鼓楼与李成梁石坊） (under 10 km), Yiwulü Mountain 医巫闾山 (under 10 km), Twin Pagodas of Chongxing Temple 崇兴寺双塔 (under 10 km), Dachaoyang Hot Spring Resort, Beizhen 大朝阳温泉山城 (under 10 km), Daluhua, Yiwulü Mountain 医巫闾山大芦花 (10 km), Qingyan Temple, Beizhen 青岩寺 (20 km).
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