Liaoyang 辽阳Liáoyáng

About Liaoyang

Liaoyang, on the Taizi River, is one of the oldest cities in the north-east: it was the seat of the Liaodong commandery under the Qin and Han, and Nurhaci's capital from 1621 to 1625, recalled by a rebuilt gate at the Dongjing City Site. Its landmark is the White Pagoda, a 70 m Liao brick tower beside the rebuilt Guangyou Temple, and the Liaoyang Museum shows local finds. Tong'erbao, to the north, is a busy market town for fur and leather.

What to eat in Liaoyang

• Pagoda sugar (塔糖)

Listed sites in Liaoyang

11 sites in Liaoyang are on the official lists. Those with a page of their own link to it; the rest open as cards on the map.

• Ginseng Valley Forest Park 人参谷森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
  Ginseng Valley (Renshengu) Forest Park is a hill park in Anping Township, in the north of Gongchangling District, Liaoyang, set among rocky peaks and cliff faces.
• Guangyou Temple and White Pagoda, Liaoyang 广佑寺·辽阳白塔 4A scenic area · National heritage site
  The White Pagoda is an eight-sided brick pagoda with thirteen tiers of eaves, 70.4 m high, which the provincial heritage department calls the tallest ancient pagoda in Liaoning and which is usually dated to the middle or late Liao period.
• Liaoyang Lei Feng Memorial Hall 辽阳雷锋纪念馆 4A scenic area · on the map
  The memorial hall in Gongchangling District covers the months from August 1959 to January 1960 that Lei Feng, a young soldier whose name is used in China's long-running 'learn from Lei Feng' campaigns, spent working here before he joined the army.
• Liaoyang Museum 辽阳博物馆 4A scenic area · on the map
  Liaoyang Museum is a local-history museum in a Chinese-style building that opened in 2009, with two permanent exhibitions: one on ancient Liaoyang and one of highlights from the collection.
• Longshi Scenic Area, Liaoyang 龙石风景旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
  Longshi Scenic Area, in Hongwei district south-east of central Liaoyang, has two parts: the wooded Longding Mountain and the Shidonggou area.
• Taizi River Scenic Belt, Liaoyang 太子河历史文化风光带 4A scenic area · on the map
  This 4A listing covers the Taizi River as it runs through Liaoyang, where the provincial tourism page describes a riverside garden belt about 9 km long between the Yanshui and Xiangping bridges, laid out by the city for residents.
• Tanghe International Hot Spring Resort 汤河国际温泉旅游度假区 4A scenic area · on the map
  Tanghe International Hot Spring Resort is a hot-spring resort area at Tanghe town in Gongchangling District, which the provincial tourism department describes as the province's first provincial-level hot-spring resort zone.
• Tong'erbao Fur Shopping Area 佟二堡皮草购物旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
  Tong'erbao is a fur and leather market town in Dengta, listed as a shopping tourism area.
• Dongjing City Site, Liaoyang 东京城城址 National heritage site · on the map
  Dongjing was the capital of the Later Jin state under Nurhaci in the early 1620s, built on the east bank of the Taizi River with a diamond-shaped wall and eight gates until the court moved to Shenyang in 1625.
• Dongjing Mausoleums 东京陵 National heritage site · on the map
  The Dongjing Mausoleums were built on Yanglu hill from 1624 to hold Nurhaci's relatives, moved from Hetu Ala, and three walled compounds survive: those of his brother Shurhaci, with a stele pavilion, of his brother Murhaci and nephew Darcha, with three stone steles, and of his eldest son Cuyen, with a gateway and walls about 4 m high.
• Yanzhou Mountain Fortress 燕州城山城 National heritage site
  Yanzhou, once called Baiyan City, is a Goguryeo mountain fortress begun in 403 on Shicheng Hill above the Taizi River, which the Tang army took in 645.

On the map

Open Liaoyang on the illustrated map to see its outline, its places and listed sites together, and to add them to a trip.

Learn more

• Wikipedia
• Official website
• Wikipedia (Chinese)