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Yuntai Taoist Temple 云台观Yúntái Guàn
National heritage site · Mianyang, Sichuan
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Mianyang
- Region
- Sichuan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Yuntai Taoist Temple
A large Taoist temple complex on Yuntai Mountain in southern Santai County, founded by a Taoist hermit early in the 13th century under the Southern Song. Its Ming and Qing buildings, including the Xuantian Palace (Zhenwu Hall), a sutra library and bell and drum towers, stretch for about a kilometre from the gate to the main hall. It combines well with the Qijiang cliff tombs and old town nearby.
How to get to Yuntai Taoist Temple
Near Qijiang, roughly an hour by road south of Santai town.
Nearby
- Anyue Rock Carvings 安岳石刻 60 km
Tang and Song Buddhas carved into quiet hillsides, led by a 23-metre Buddha at rest
Also within 20 km: Qijiang Cliff Tombs 郪江崖墓群 (under 10 km).
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