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Qi Jiguang Memorial Temple, Jiaojiang 椒江戚继光祠Jiāojiāng Qī Jìguāng Cí
National heritage site · Taizhou, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Taizhou
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Qi Jiguang Memorial Temple, Jiaojiang
A temple complex in Jiaojiang's old quarter, the former Haimen garrison town, that combines the garrison's City God temple with a shrine to the Ming general Qi Jiguang, who was stationed here in the mid-16th century to fight the wokou pirates. First built in the early Ming and rebuilt in the late Qing, it is laid out along an axis of screen wall, bridge, front hall, opera stage, pond, viewing pavilion and main hall. Since 1987 it has housed the Qi Jiguang Memorial Hall with an exhibition on his campaigns against the pirates.
How to get to Qi Jiguang Memorial Temple, Jiaojiang
At 100 Qijiguang Road at the south-west foot of Dongshan hill in Jiaojiang's old town, in central Taizhou.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Taizhou Ocean World 台州海洋世界 (under 10 km), Jiufeng Park 九峰公园 (20 km), Taozhu Fortress Town 桃渚城 (20 km).
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