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Taihao Fuxi Mausoleum 太昊陵Tàihào Líng
5A scenic area · National heritage site · Zhoukou, Henan
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Zhoukou
- Region
- Henan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 5A scenic area, National heritage site
About Taihao Fuxi Mausoleum
A vast temple-and-tomb complex to Fuxi (Taihao), the legendary first of China's Three Sovereigns, honoured here since at least the Tang and laid out in its present form by the Ming and Qing along an axis of about 750 m through nine courtyards and a succession of gates. The main Tongtian Hall enshrines Fuxi holding the eight trigrams, the Xianren Hall behind it honours Nüwa, and at the north end rises the earthen burial mound, 13.5 m high, round above and square below. From the second day of the second lunar month to the third of the third, a huge temple fair brings pilgrims, ritual dances and Huaiyang's black clay 'nini gou' toys; the 5A area also includes part of the town's Dragon Lake.
How to get to Taihao Fuxi Mausoleum
On the north side of Huaiyang old town, about 25 km north-east of central Zhoukou, around 40 minutes by road.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Xiangetai (Confucius Memorial Terrace) 弦歌台 (under 10 km), Pingliangtai Ancient City Site 平粮台古城遗址 (under 10 km), Jianye Canal Town, Zhoukou 建业运河古镇 (20 km).
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