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Kang Baiwan Manor 康百万庄园Kāng Bǎiwàn Zhuāngyuán
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Zhengzhou, Henan
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Zhengzhou
- Region
- Henan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Kang Baiwan Manor
The fortified hillside estate of the Kang family of merchants and landowners, who lived here for some four centuries from the late Ming, at Kangdian beside the Luo River in Gongyi. Built against the loess slope and ringed by walls, it combines street-front houses with cave dwellings: 33 courtyards, 53 multi-storey buildings and 73 cave dwellings in all, with fine brick, wood and stone carving. The rooms keep the family's furniture and inscribed boards, among them the well-known 'Liuyu' plaque of family precepts.
How to get to Kang Baiwan Manor
In Kangdian town about 4 km north-west of Gongyi city, roughly 1.5 hours by road west of Zhengzhou.
Nearby
- Shaolin Temple 少林寺 30 km
The cradle of Chan Buddhism and kung fu, at the foot of Mount Song - White Horse Temple 白马寺 30 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: Northern Song Imperial Tombs 宋陵 (under 10 km), Jiulong Temple, Yanshi 偃师九龙庙 (under 10 km), Stele of Huisheng Palace 会圣宫碑 (under 10 km), Gongyi Grottoes 巩县石窟 (under 10 km), Du Fu's Birthplace 杜甫故里 (10 km), Qinglong Mountain and Ciyun Temple 青龙山·慈云寺 (20 km).
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