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Baling Bridge Scenic Area 灞陵桥Bàlíng Qiáo
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Xuchang, Henan
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Xuchang
- Region
- Henan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Baling Bridge Scenic Area
A park on the western side of Xuchang marking the place where, in Three Kingdoms legend, Guan Yu took his leave of Cao Cao and lifted the parting gift of a robe on the tip of his blade. The original three-arched stone bridge was lost to water works; a modern bridge stands in the park, which also keeps a tablet put up by the late-Ming general Zuo Liangyu. The park's nationally listed Guan Yu Temple, a courtyard complex of halls and a pavilion founded in 1689 and rich in Ming and Qing steles, is unusual in honouring Guan Yu and Cao Cao together in its main hall.
How to get to Baling Bridge Scenic Area
On Xuji Avenue on the western side of Xuchang, about 4 km west of the old centre.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Chunqiu Tower Scenic Area 春秋楼 (under 10 km), Wenfeng Pagoda, Xuchang 许昌文峰塔 (under 10 km), Lingjing Xuchang Man Site 灵井“许昌人”遗址 (10 km), Shoushan Platform and Steles 受禅台 (20 km), Tianbao Palace 天宝宫 (20 km).
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