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Tongtian Rock 通天岩Tōngtiān Yán
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Ganzhou, Jiangxi
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Ganzhou
- Region
- Jiangxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Tongtian Rock
A red-sandstone (Danxia) hill in Shuixi town, north-west of Ganzhou, whose caves and niches hold hundreds of Buddhist statues and well over a hundred inscriptions from the Song dynasty to the Republic, among them Wang Yangming's. Most of the carvings are Song, apart from a few standing Buddhas at Cuiwei Rock that date from the Tang. It is described as the southernmost grotto complex in mainland China and as the largest cave temple in the Jiangnan region.
How to get to Tongtian Rock
In Shuixi town on the north-western edge of Ganzhou, about 9 km north-north-west of the city centre.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Jiangnan Song City 江南宋城 (under 10 km), Ganzhou City Wall 赣州城墙 (under 10 km), Ganzhou Pagodas 赣州佛塔 (under 10 km), Ganzhou Confucian Temple 赣州文庙 (under 10 km), Fushou Ditch 福寿沟 (under 10 km), Wulong Hakka Folk Park 五龙客家风情园 (10 km).
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