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Yuanqi Temple 原起寺Yuánqǐ Sì
National heritage site · Changzhi, Shanxi
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Changzhi
- Region
- Shanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Yuanqi Temple
Yuanqi Temple is a small hilltop temple on Phoenix Hill, above the west bank of the Zhuozhang River near Xin'an village. Its main hall and a seven-storey octagonal brick pagoda, about 17 m high and dated 1087, are Song-dynasty work, while the other buildings are Ming and Qing. It belongs to a group of early timber temples in the Zhuozhang valley, which also includes Tiantai'an and Dayunyuan in neighbouring Pingshun County.
How to get to Yuanqi Temple
It stands on a hilltop above Xin'an village in Huangniuti township, about 18 km east of Lucheng and about 35 km north-east of central Changzhi.
Nearby
- Taihang Grand Canyon 太行山大峡谷 50 km
Sheer gorges in the Taihang Mountains, explored by boat, cliff path and cable car
Also within 20 km: Dayun Temple, Pingshun 平顺大云院 (under 10 km), Liaohetou Guandi Temple 潦河头关帝庙 (under 10 km), Tiantai An, Pingshun 天台庵 (under 10 km), Lizhuang Confucian Temple 李庄文庙 (under 10 km), Lizhuang Martial Temple 李庄武庙 (under 10 km), Taihang Water Town (Chibi Xuanliu Gorge) 太行水乡·赤壁悬流 (10 km).
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