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Tomb of Han Yu 韩愈墓Hán Yù Mù
National heritage site · Jiaozuo, Henan
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jiaozuo
- Region
- Henan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Tomb of Han Yu
The tomb of Han Yu (768–824), the Tang essayist, poet and Confucian thinker counted first of the Eight Great Prose Masters of the Tang and Song, on a hillside at Hanzhuang village west of Mengzhou. A mound more than 10 m high stands behind an ancestral hall and offering hall that hold 13 steles on his life, within a memorial park with a gateway, spirit way and exhibition hall.
How to get to Tomb of Han Yu
At Hanzhuang village, Xiguo town, a short drive west of Mengzhou city and about 1½ hours by road south-west of central Jiaozuo.
Nearby
- White Horse Temple 白马寺 20 km
China's first Buddhist temple, with Thai, Indian and Burmese halls beside it - Longmen Grottoes 龙门石窟 40 km
Some 100,000 Buddhas carved into riverside cliffs, watched over by a serene giant - Shaolin Temple 少林寺 50 km
The cradle of Chan Buddhism and kung fu, at the foot of Mount Song
Also within 20 km: Xianshengwang Temple 显圣王庙 (under 10 km), Laojia Mogou Village 老家莫沟 (under 10 km), Wanfoshan Grottoes 万佛山石窟 (20 km), Cisheng Temple 慈胜寺 (20 km), Ancient City of Zhi 轵国故城 (20 km), Guandi Temple, Zhicheng 轵城关帝庙 (20 km).
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