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Temple and Tomb of Sima Qian 司马迁祠Sīmǎ Qiān Cí
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Weinan, Shaanxi
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Weinan
- Region
- Shaanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Temple and Tomb of Sima Qian
The shrine and tomb of Sima Qian, the Western Han historian who wrote the Records of the Grand Historian, on a ridge above the old Xiayang ferry on the west bank of the Yellow River at Zhichuan. A stone path climbs to an offering hall and a rear hall rebuilt in 1126 under the Northern Song, behind which stands his round brick tomb, crowned by an old cypress and fronted by a stele of 1776 by the Shaanxi governor Bi Yuan.
How to get to Temple and Tomb of Sima Qian
At Zhichuan, about 10 km south of Hancheng old town, roughly 15 minutes by taxi.
Nearby
- Hancheng Old Town and Dangjia Village 韩城古城·党家村 10 km
Ming temples in an old county town and a village of grey-brick Ming–Qing courtyard houses
Also within 20 km: Houtu Temple, Wanrong 万荣后土祠 (under 10 km), Beixin Sarira Pagoda 北辛舍利塔 (10 km), Balong Temple Pagoda, Zhonglizhuang 中里庄八龙寺塔 (10 km), Temple of Yu the Great, Hancheng 韩城大禹庙 (10 km), Liangdai Village Rui State Site Museum 梁带村芮国遗址博物馆 (20 km), Guandi Temple, Liuzhi 柳枝关帝庙 (20 km).
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