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Wuhou Temple, Mian County 勉县武侯祠Miǎnxiàn Wǔhóu Cí
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 Wuhou Temple, Mian County
The oldest of China's many temples to Zhuge Liang, founded in 263 on the order of the last Shu Han emperor, Liu Shan, near the strategist's burial place below Mount Dingjun. Its Ming and Qing buildings line a long axis from an old opera stage and bell and drum towers to the worship and main halls, where a statue of Zhuge Liang sits among steles carved with poems by writers such as Li Shangyin and Lu You. A centuries-old magnolia in a side courtyard draws visitors when it flowers in March.
How to get to Wuhou Temple, Mian County
On the western edge of Mian County town, about 45 km west of Hanzhong and roughly an hour by road; a taxi from Mianxian railway station takes a few minutes.
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: Tomb of Zhuge Liang 武侯墓 (under 10 km).
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