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Tomb of Zhuge Liang 武侯墓Wǔhóu Mù
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Hanzhong, Shaanxi
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Hanzhong
- Region
- Shaanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Tomb of Zhuge Liang
The tomb of Zhuge Liang, chancellor of the Shu Han kingdom in the Three Kingdoms period, who asked to be buried below Mount Dingjun after he died on campaign in 234. A walled precinct of Ming and Qing halls, with an opera stage, Ming-dynasty statues of Zhuge Liang flanked by Guan Xing and Zhang Bao, and dozens of inscribed boards and steles, leads to the mound, which is ringed by a white marble balustrade carved with 35 scenes from his life. Ancient cypresses surround it, and a temple fair is held at the Qingming festival.
How to get to Tomb of Zhuge Liang
At the foot of Mount Dingjun just south of Mian County town, about 45 km west of Hanzhong and roughly an hour by road; the Wuhou Temple is about 3 km to the north-west.
Nearby
- Hanzhong Rapeseed Fields 汉中油菜花 40 km
Spring rapeseed turning the Han River basin gold beneath the Qinling foothills
Also within 20 km: Wuhou Temple, Mian County 勉县武侯祠 (under 10 km).
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