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Huangling Temple 黄陵庙Huánglíng Miào
National heritage site · Yichang, Hubei
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Yichang
- Region
- Hubei
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Huangling Temple
A temple complex on the south bank of the Yangtze just below the Three Gorges Dam, dedicated to Yu the Great, the legendary tamer of the floods. Its main building, the five-bay Yu Wang Hall with a double-eaved roof, was rebuilt in 1618 and has carved timberwork and painted ceilings, and marks on its nanmu columns record the Yangtze floods of 1860 and 1870. The compound, about 2 hectares on a hillside, also has an opera stage and a shrine to Zhuge Liang.
How to get to Huangling Temple
On the south bank of the Yangtze at Sandouping, Yiling district, about 7 km downstream of the Three Gorges Dam and about 25 km north-west of central Yichang in a straight line.
Nearby
- Three Gorges Dam 三峡大坝 under 10 km
The Yangtze's mega-dam, seen from hilltop lookouts and a ship lift that raises whole boats
Also within 20 km: Yangjiawan Old House 杨家湾老屋 (under 10 km), Qu Yuan's Hometown, Zigui 屈原故里 (under 10 km), Three Gorges Tribe 三峡人家 (under 10 km), Shipai Fortress 石牌要塞 (under 10 km), Nanjinguan Grand Canyon 南津关大峡谷 (10 km), Xiling Gorge Mouth Scenic Area, Yichang 西陵峡口风景区 (20 km).
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