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Zhan Bao Jinshi Archway 詹宝兄弟牌坊Zhān Bǎo Xiōngdì Páifāng
National heritage site · Lishui, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 30 minutes
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Lishui
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Zhan Bao Jinshi Archway
A bluestone memorial archway on Xiama Street in eastern Songyang town, raised for Zhan Bao, who passed the highest imperial examination in 1496, and inscribed "brothers both jinshi" on one face and "father and son both successful" on the other. The 8.5 m-high gateway of three bays and five roofs imitates timber construction, with bracket sets and reliefs of lions with a ball, cranes, qilin, figures and flowers.
How to get to Zhan Bao Jinshi Archway
In central Songyang, about 6 km from Songyang station on the Quzhou–Ningde railway.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Yanqing Temple Pagoda 松阳延庆寺塔 (under 10 km), Songyin River 松阴溪 (under 10 km), Suichang Gold Mine National Mine Park 遂昌金矿国家矿山公园 (20 km).
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