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Temple of Zengzi 曾庙Zēng Miào
National heritage site · Jining, Shandong
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jining
- Region
- Shandong
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Temple of Zengzi
The temple to Zeng Shen (Zengzi), a disciple of Confucius, at the foot of Nanwu Hill in southern Jiaxiang, whose founding is traditionally dated to 426 BC. The present Ming-dynasty layout, set within red walls on a north-south axis, has more than thirty buildings, among them a gate hall, an imperial stele pavilion and the Zongsheng Hall, in grounds with many old stelae and cypress trees. Zengzi's tomb lies about 500 m to the west.
How to get to Temple of Zengzi
About 17 km south of Jiaxiang county town and about 30 km south-west of Jining city centre.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Wu Family Shrines 武氏祠 (under 10 km), Qingshan Temple and Scenic Area, Jiaxiang 青山寺 (under 10 km), Jinshan Scenic Area, Juye 金山 (under 10 km), Yangshan Battle Memorial, Jinxiang 羊山战斗纪念地 (10 km).
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