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Dingzhou Examination Hall 定州贡院Dìngzhōu Gòngyuàn
National heritage site · Baoding, Hebei
- Time needed
- About an hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Baoding
- Region
- Hebei
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Dingzhou Examination Hall
The Dingzhou Examination Hall, begun in 1738 and enlarged in 1834, is described as the most complete surviving imperial examination compound in northern China. It has a long screen wall where results were posted, the Kuige hall of examination cells where candidates sat, and the two-storey Lansheng Tower where examiners lived and worked. Old locust trees in the grounds are traditionally said to have been planted by the Qianlong Emperor.
How to get to Dingzhou Examination Hall
In the northern part of Dingzhou's old town, about 600 m north-east of the Liaodi Pagoda.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Former Residence of Yan Yangchu 晏阳初旧居 (under 10 km), Dingzhou Confucian Temple 定州文庙 (under 10 km), Liaodi Pagoda 料敌塔 (under 10 km), Dingzhou Mosque 定州清真寺 (under 10 km), Dingzhou Han Tomb and Stone Carving Museum 定州汉墓石刻馆 (under 10 km), Jade Emperor Hall of Dadao Temple, Dingzhou 大道观玉皇殿 (under 10 km).
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