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Yuanling Ancient City 苑陵故城Yuànlíng Gùchéng
National heritage site · Zhengzhou, Henan
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Zhengzhou
- Region
- Henan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Yuanling Ancient City
The walls of Yuanling, a fortified town of the Zheng and Han states that became a county seat under the Qin in 230 BC and lost that status in the early Tang. Its rammed-earth ramparts, about 4 km round, are best preserved on the east and north sides, where they stand up to 16 m and 9 m high with bastions. Since 2017 they have formed the Yuanling Ancient City site park, zone C of the Zhengzhou Garden Expo Park.
How to get to Yuanling Ancient City
In the Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone about 13 km north-east of Xinzheng and 35 km south-east of central Zhengzhou, by taxi or as part of a visit to the Garden Expo Park.
Nearby
- Henan Museum 河南博物院 40 km
Zhengzhou's treasure house of Central Plains bronzes, jades and Neolithic finds
Also within 20 km: Zhengzhou Garden Expo Park 郑州园博园 (under 10 km), Twin Pagodas of Shousheng Temple 寿圣寺双塔 (10 km), Hometown of the Yellow Emperor (Xuanyuan Temple) 黄帝故里 (10 km), Zheng–Han Ancient City 郑韩故城 (10 km), Fengtai Temple Pagoda 凤台寺塔 (20 km), Huayang Ancient City 华阳故城 (20 km).
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