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Temple of Yu the Great, Hancheng 韩城大禹庙Hánchéng Dàyǔ Miào
National heritage site · Weinan, Shaanxi
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Weinan
- Region
- Shaanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Temple of Yu the Great, Hancheng
A small village temple to Yu the Great, the legendary tamer of floods, at Zhouyuan on the eastern edge of Hancheng, founded in 1301 according to an inscription on its offering-hall pillars and rebuilt in 1579. Two halls survive, an offering hall and a three-bay main hall, which keeps Qing murals, wooden plaques and painted clay statues of Yu and the Tang general Guo Ziyi.
How to get to Temple of Yu the Great, Hancheng
In Zhouyuan village, about 4 km east of Hancheng station and 5 km from the old town, a short taxi ride.
Nearby
- Hancheng Old Town and Dangjia Village 韩城古城·党家村 under 10 km
Ming temples in an old county town and a village of grey-brick Ming–Qing courtyard houses
Also within 20 km: Liangdai Village Rui State Site Museum 梁带村芮国遗址博物馆 (under 10 km), Puzhao Temple, Hancheng 普照寺 (under 10 km), Guandi Temple, Liuzhi 柳枝关帝庙 (under 10 km), Sanqing Hall of Ziyun Temple 紫云观三清殿 (under 10 km), Fawang Temple, Hancheng 法王庙 (under 10 km), Yuhuang Houtu Temple, Hancheng 玉皇后土庙 (10 km).
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