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Yue Fei Temple, Zhuxian 朱仙镇岳飞庙Zhūxiānzhèn Yuè Fēi Miào
National heritage site · Kaifeng, Henan
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Kaifeng
- Region
- Henan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Yue Fei Temple, Zhuxian
A temple to the Southern Song general Yue Fei, founded in 1478 at Zhuxian, the town his army reached after defeating the Jin at Yancheng, and regarded as one of China's principal Yue Fei temples. Behind the gate are a worship pavilion facing iron kneeling figures of Qin Hui and the others blamed for his death, a main hall with a seated statue of Yue Fei, stele pavilions carved with poems attributed to him including Man Jiang Hong, and a rear hall with bronze figures of Yue Fei and his wife. The listed site also includes a temple to Guan Yu.
How to get to Yue Fei Temple, Zhuxian
In Zhuxian town, about 22 km south-west of central Kaifeng, around 45 minutes by road; the Zhuxian Mosque is a short walk south.
Nearby
- Iron Pagoda 开封铁塔 20 km
A 56-metre glazed-brick pagoda of 1049 that has outlasted floods and earthquakes - Henan Museum 河南博物院 60 km
Zhengzhou's treasure house of Central Plains bronzes, jades and Neolithic finds
Also within 20 km: Zhuxian Mosque 朱仙镇清真寺 (under 10 km), Qifeng Old Garden, Zhuxian 启封故园 (under 10 km), Aisijia Agricultural Carnival 爱思嘉农业嘉年华 (under 10 km), Kaifeng Parachute Tower 开封伞塔 (20 km), Po Pagoda 繁塔 (20 km).
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