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Wuzhou Ancient City and Shiwang Palace, Jinhua 婺州古城·侍王府Wùzhōu Gǔchéng · Shìwáng Fǔ
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Jinhua, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jinhua
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Wuzhou Ancient City and Shiwang Palace, Jinhua
Jinhua's old inner city, first walled around 903, now a restored historic district of lanes with snack stalls and shops, a stretch of rebuilt red-sandstone city wall and the rebuilt Confucian temple, with the Jinhua Museum on its eastern edge. At its heart is the Shiwang Palace, an old government compound that the Taiping general Li Shixian, the Shi Wang, made his headquarters in 1861–63; it is the most complete surviving Taiping building complex and keeps more than a hundred wall paintings. On the southern edge, the Bayong Tower, a riverside pavilion first built in 494 and rebuilt in the Qing, was celebrated in a poem by Li Qingzhao.
How to get to Wuzhou Ancient City and Shiwang Palace, Jinhua
In central Jinhua on the north bank of the Wu River, about 3 km east of Jinhua railway station by taxi or bus.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Main Hall of Tianning Temple, Jinhua 天宁寺大殿 (under 10 km), Light of Jinhua Cultural Plaza 金华之光 (under 10 km), Falong Temple Dharani Pillar, Jinhua 法隆寺经幢 (under 10 km), Qijia Hall, Yafan 七家厅 (under 10 km), Jinlin Fingered Citron Culture Park, Jinhua 锦林佛手文化园 (under 10 km), Shuanglong Scenic Area (Double Dragon Cave) 双龙风景区 (10 km).
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