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Dongpo Chibi 东坡赤壁Dōngpō Chìbì
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Huanggang, Hubei
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Huanggang
- Region
- Hubei
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Dongpo Chibi
Dongpo Chibi is a complex of pavilions and halls on a reddish-brown rock bluff in the north-west of Huangzhou, which once stood on the north bank of the Yangtze before silt left it several hundred metres from the river. The poet Su Shi (Su Dongpo), exiled to Huangzhou in the Northern Song, wrote his Red Cliff Rhapsody and other famous pieces here, and a prefect renamed the site Dongpo Chibi in the late Kangxi reign. Most of the buildings seen today date from a restoration in 1868, and 139 stone tablets carved from rubbings of Su's handwriting are set into the pavilions.
How to get to Dongpo Chibi
In the north-west of Huangzhou district, the old city of Huanggang, about an hour east of Wuhan by road.
Nearby
- Hubei Provincial Museum 湖北省博物馆 50 km
Marquis Yi's ancient bronze bells, played live, and the sword of King Goujian - Yellow Crane Tower 黄鹤楼 50 km
A tower rebuilt many times over, made immortal by a single Tang poem
Also within 20 km: Yi'ai Lake, Huanggang 遗爱湖 (under 10 km), Xishan Scenic Area, Ezhou 西山风景区 (under 10 km), Yiting Inscription Rock Carving 怡亭铭摩崖石刻 (under 10 km), Ezhou Guanyin Pavilion 鄂州观音阁 (under 10 km), Wuwang City Ruins, Ezhou 吴王城遗址 (under 10 km), Lianhua Mountain Park, Ezhou 莲花山 (under 10 km).
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