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Wulongkou Scenic Area 五龙口Wǔlóngkǒu
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Jiyuan, Henan
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jiyuan
- Region
- Henan
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Wulongkou Scenic Area
The gorge where the Qin River breaks out of the Taihang Mountains north-east of Jiyuan, home to a national nature reserve for Taihang macaques and to some of China's oldest irrigation works. Water has been drawn off here since the Qin dynasty, and the Ming tunnel intakes of the Yongli and Guangji canals survive, topped by shrines with stone statues of the officials who built them. Monkeys roam the slopes, and the scenic area also has hot springs and a gallery for the landscape painter Jing Hao.
How to get to Wulongkou Scenic Area
At the mouth of the Qin River valley about 15 km north-east of Jiyuan city, roughly 30 minutes by road.
Nearby
- Huangcheng Xiangfu 皇城相府 40 km
A walled hillside estate of courtyards, towers and gardens built by a family of officials - White Horse Temple 白马寺 50 km
China's first Buddhist temple, with Thai, Indian and Burmese halls beside it
Also within 20 km: Erxian Temple, Jiyuan 济源二仙庙 (under 10 km), Taiping Temple Grottoes, Zhaijian Valley 窄涧谷太平寺石窟 (under 10 km), Jidu Temple 济渎庙 (10 km), Fengxian Taoist Temple 奉仙观 (10 km), Yanqing Temple Pagoda 延庆寺塔 (10 km), Ancient City of Zhi 轵国故城 (10 km).
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