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Mount Douchuan and Yunyan Temple 窦圌山Dòuchuán Shān
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Mianyang, Sichuan
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Mianyang
- Region
- Sichuan
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Mount Douchuan and Yunyan Temple
Mount Douchuan rises above the east bank of the Fu River north of Jiangyou, its bare rock summit peaks linked by suspended iron chains. Yunyan Temple, where Buddhist and Taoist worship have long been combined, spreads over the slopes; its Feitian Zang hall, described as the only surviving Song-dynasty building in south-west China, houses a revolving Taoist sutra cabinet built in 1181.
How to get to Mount Douchuan and Yunyan Temple
About 25 km by road north of Jiangyou city (4 km from Wudu town); Jiangyou is on the Xi'an–Chengdu high-speed railway.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Mount Jiuhuang 九皇山 (10 km), Yaowang Valley, Beichuan 药王谷 (10 km), Foye Cave 佛爷洞 (10 km), Li Bai Memorial Hall 李白纪念馆 (20 km).
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