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Zhenwu Pavilion & Rongzhou Old Town 真武阁·容州古城Zhēnwǔ Gé · Róngzhōu Gǔchéng
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Yulin, Guangxi
- Time needed
- 2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Yulin
- Region
- Guangxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Zhenwu Pavilion & Rongzhou Old Town
The three-storey timber Zhenwu Pavilion was built in 1573 on the Jinglüe Terrace by the Xiu River, a platform said to date from the Tang dynasty, when the poet-official Yuan Jie drilled troops here. Its lever-like bracketing joins nearly 3,000 timber pieces without nails, and four inner columns on the second floor hang about 2 cm clear of the floor. Around it the former People's Park was rebuilt in 2014–16 as Rongzhou Old Town, a 25-hectare scenic area with a reconstructed prefectural hall, a museum, Kaiyuan Temple, an old-style shopping street and boat landings on Xiujiang Lake.
How to get to Zhenwu Pavilion & Rongzhou Old Town
On the east side of Rong County town beside the Xiu River, within walking distance of the centre.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Republican-era Villas of Rong County 容县近代建筑 (under 10 km), Duqiao Mountain 都峤山 (10 km), Tongshiling Resort 铜石岭 (20 km).
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