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Grand Guandi Temple, Taiyuan 大关帝庙Dà Guāndì Miào
National heritage site · Taiyuan, Shanxi
- Time needed
- About an hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Taiyuan
- Region
- Shanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Grand Guandi Temple, Taiyuan
A temple to Guan Yu that the museum running it calls the largest and best preserved in Taiyuan, with Ming buildings on Jin-Yuan foundations arranged in two courtyards: the Chongning Hall, where Guan Yu sits in imperial dress, and behind it the two-storey Chunqiu Tower, with bell and drum towers and side halls. It was included in China's World Heritage tentative list in 2019 as Taiyuan's only nomination point on the Great Tea Road. It is run by the Guandi Temple Museum, which holds changing exhibitions on Guan Yu, the Shanxi merchants and local history.
How to get to Grand Guandi Temple, Taiyuan
On Miaoqian Street in the old city, in central Taiyuan; closed on Mondays except public holidays.
Nearby
- Shanxi Museum 山西博物院 under 10 km
Bronzes of the ancient state of Jin, Buddhist statues and tomb treasures on the Fen River - Jinci Temple 晋祠 20 km
Song-dynasty halls, painted clay maidservants and a cross-shaped bridge at the Jin springs - Qiao Family Compound 乔家大院 50 km
Walled courtyards of a Qing merchant-banking family, the set for Raise the Red Lantern
Also within 20 km: Taiyuan Ancient Mosque 太原清真古寺 (under 10 km), Changjing Tower 唱经楼 (under 10 km), Jin Merchants Museum (Former Shanxi Military Governor's Office) 山西督军府旧址 (under 10 km), Peng Zhen Memorial Hall and Former CCP Taiyuan Branch Site 中共太原支部旧址 (under 10 km), Chunyang Palace, Taiyuan 纯阳宫 (under 10 km), Fen River Scenic Area 汾河景区 (under 10 km).
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