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Three Su Tombs, Jia County 三苏园Sānsū Yuán
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Pingdingshan, Henan
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Pingdingshan
- Region
- Henan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Three Su Tombs, Jia County
The burial ground of the Song dynasty writer Su Shi (Su Dongpo) and his brother Su Zhe, with a cenotaph for their father Su Xun added in the Yuan dynasty, at the foot of Xiao Emei hill. Beside the three mounds stand a shrine founded in 1350 with Yuan-period painted clay statues of the three Su, the Guangqing Temple, and a stele forest of Su Shi's poems carved around 2000 in modern calligraphy, with a lake laid out in 2002.
How to get to Three Su Tombs, Jia County
About 23 km north-west of Jia County town, roughly an hour by road from Pingdingshan.
Nearby
- Shaolin Temple 少林寺 50 km
The cradle of Chan Buddhism and kung fu, at the foot of Mount Song
Also within 20 km: Taishan Temple, Houwan 侯湾泰山庙 (10 km), Shenhou Ancient Town 神垕古镇 (10 km), Jia County Shanxi–Shaanxi Guild Hall 郏县山陕会馆 (10 km), Jia County Confucian Temple 郏县文庙 (20 km), Dahongzhai Scenic Area 大鸿寨 (20 km).
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