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Guanyinting Fort 观音亭寨Guānyīntíng Zhài
National heritage site · Ningde, Fujian
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Ningde
- Region
- Fujian
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Guanyinting Fort
A Buddhist shrine on the old post road at Banling, a She ethnic village in Shuimen township, first built in 1369, restored in 1791 and enclosed by a wall in 1863 against the Golden Coin Society uprising, which turned it into a small fort whose gate examination candidates bound for the capital passed through. Inside are a front hall and a rear main hall in timber; six stone columns carved with Chan sayings survive, and an 89 m stretch of the old post road runs past. She people from Fuding, Fu'an and Pingyang in Zhejiang gather here to sing at the Lantern and Double Ninth festivals.
How to get to Guanyinting Fort
In Banling village, Shuimen She township, roughly 25 km by road north-east of Xiapu town.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Mount Taimu 太姥山 (10 km), Niulanggang Coast 牛郎岗 (20 km).
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