Qimu Que Gates 启母阙Qǐmǔ Què

About Qimu Que Gates

A pair of stone gate pillars built in AD 123 in front of a Han shrine to the mother of Qi, son of Yu the Great, who in legend turned into the split boulder that still lies about 190 m to the north. Each pillar, just over 3 m high, is built of stacked stone blocks and capped with a carved imitation of a tiled roof. With the Taishi and Shaoshi gates it is one of the three Han 'que' of Mount Song in the Historic Monuments of Dengfeng World Heritage site.

How to get to Qimu Que Gates

At the foot of Wansui Peak about 2 km north of central Dengfeng, next to Chongfu Palace and a 10-minute taxi ride from the centre.

Nearby

• Shaolin Temple 少林寺 10 km
  The cradle of Chan Buddhism and kung fu, at the foot of Mount Song
• White Horse Temple 白马寺 50 km
  China's first Buddhist temple, with Thai, Indian and Burmese halls beside it
• Longmen Grottoes 龙门石窟 50 km
  Some 100,000 Buddhas carved into riverside cliffs, watched over by a serene giant

Also within 20 km: Chongfu Palace 崇福宫 (under 10 km), Songyang Academy 嵩阳书院 (under 10 km), Dengfeng City God Temple 登封城隍庙 (under 10 km), Zhongyue Temple 中岳庙 (under 10 km), Taishi Que Gates 太室阙 (under 10 km), Fawang Temple 法王寺 (under 10 km).

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Learn more

• UNESCO World Heritage
• Wikipedia (Chinese)