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Guandi Temple, Zhoukou 周口关帝庙Zhōukǒu Guāndì Miào
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Zhoukou, Henan
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Zhoukou
- Region
- Henan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Guandi Temple, Zhoukou
A temple to Guan Yu that also served as the guild hall of Shanxi and Shaanxi merchants trading at Zhoukou, where three rivers meet; it was begun in 1693 and finished in 1852 after repeated enlargements. Its three courtyards hold more than 140 bays of halls, galleries and an opera stage, with cast-iron flagpoles 22 m tall given by merchants in 1797 and a stone archway of 1765 densely carved with dragons, immortals and scenes from legend. It has been run as a museum since 1986 and is famed for its stone and wood carving.
How to get to Guandi Temple, Zhoukou
On Fuqiang Street on the north bank of the Shaying River in central Zhoukou (Chuanhui District), reached by taxi or city bus.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Zhoukou Wildlife World 周口野生动物世界 (under 10 km), Ye Family Manor, Dengcheng 叶氏庄园 (20 km), Jianye Canal Town, Zhoukou 建业运河古镇 (20 km).
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