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Jingziguan Old Town 荆紫关古镇Jīngzǐguān Gǔzhèn
National heritage site · Nanyang, Henan
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Nanyang
- Region
- Henan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Jingziguan Old Town
A Ming and Qing trading town on the Dan River where Henan, Hubei and Shaanxi meet, whose long old street keeps more than 2,000 rooms of old houses and some 700 shopfronts. Along it stand the old pass gate, a Shan-Shaan guild hall, the Yuwang, Pinglang and Wanshou halls, a mosque, a Buddhist temple and a stele pavilion at the spot where one can stand in three provinces at once.
How to get to Jingziguan Old Town
In the far west of Xichuan County, about 2.5 hours by road west of Nanyang.
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