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Guangrao Guandi Temple Main Hall 广饶关帝庙大殿Guǎngráo Guāndìmiào Dàdiàn

National heritage site · Dongying, Shandong

Guangrao Guandi Temple Main Hall (广饶关帝庙大殿)
Photo: Inhorw, CC BY-SA 3.0
Time needed
1–2 hours
Days to budget
Half a day
City
Dongying
Region
Shandong
Type
Heritage
Listed as
National heritage site

About Guangrao Guandi Temple Main Hall

This Southern Song timber hall, first built in 1128 as the main hall of a Guan Yu temple, is described by the city culture bureau as the only surviving Song-period timber hall in Shandong; it now serves as the main hall of the Sun Wu Shrine. Its single-eaved gable-and-hip roof and bracket sets, repaired in the Ming and Qing, are a rare example of Song-period carpentry, and the surrounding shrine is a modern Song-style compound with exhibitions on Sun Wu, inscribed steles and a long porcelain-carved copy of The Art of War. It stands beside the Dongying History Museum in Guangrao town and has been a national protected monument since 1996.

How to get to Guangrao Guandi Temple Main Hall

In the centre of Guangrao county town, about 48 km south-south-west of Dongying city centre, next to the Dongying History Museum.

Nearby

Also within 20 km: Sunzi Culture Tourism Area, Guangrao 孙子文化旅游区 (under 10 km), Red Liuji, Guangrao 红色刘集 (10 km), Zhangbafo Buddha at Xingguo Temple 丈八佛(兴国寺) (20 km), Linzi Tombs (Eastern Zhou Horse Pit) 临淄墓群(东周殉马坑) (20 km), Ancient Linzi 临淄齐国故城 (20 km).

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