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Nanliang Hutai Site 虎台遗址Hǔtái Yízhǐ
National heritage site · Xining, Qinghai
- Time needed
- 30 minutes
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Xining
- Region
- Qinghai
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Nanliang Hutai Site
A rammed-earth mound of the Sixteen Kingdoms period, said to be what remains of a nine-tier reviewing platform built by Tufa Hutai, crown prince of Southern Liang, with room below for 100,000 troops according to the records. Only the mound survives, known locally as the commander's terrace, and it stands in a small heritage park in Xining's Chengxi district. It was listed as provincial heritage in 1957 and as a national site in 2013.
How to get to Nanliang Hutai Site
In Hutai subdistrict, Chengxi district, about 1 km west of the Qinghai Provincial Museum.
Nearby
- Kumbum Monastery 塔尔寺 20 km
Golden roofs and butter sculptures at the birthplace of Tsongkhapa
Also within 20 km: Qinghai Provincial Museum 青海省博物馆 (under 10 km), Limeng Pedestrian Street 力盟步行街 (under 10 km), Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Wildlife Park 青藏高原野生动物园 (under 10 km), Xining Sports Park 西宁市体育公园 (under 10 km), Western Route Army Memorial Hall, Xining 中国工农红军西路军纪念馆 (under 10 km), Dongguan Mosque 东关清真大寺 (under 10 km).
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