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Taishi Que Gates 太室阙Tàishì Què
National heritage site · Zhengzhou, Henan
- Time needed
- 30 minutes
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Zhengzhou
- Region
- Henan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Taishi Que Gates
Twin stone gate pillars built in AD 118 at the head of the sacred way to the Han shrine of Taishi Mountain, standing about 500 m south of Zhongyue Temple and regarded as its symbolic gateway. Each just under 4 m high and capped with a carved stone roof, they are decorated in shallow relief with chariot processions, acrobats, the animals of the four directions and an elephant-like creature. They form one of the three Han 'que' of Mount Song in the Historic Monuments of Dengfeng World Heritage site.
How to get to Taishi Que Gates
On the axis in front of Zhongyue Temple, about 3 km east of central Dengfeng, and easily combined with a visit to the temple.
Nearby
- Shaolin Temple 少林寺 10 km
The cradle of Chan Buddhism and kung fu, at the foot of Mount Song - White Horse Temple 白马寺 50 km
China's first Buddhist temple, with Thai, Indian and Burmese halls beside it - Longmen Grottoes 龙门石窟 60 km
Some 100,000 Buddhas carved into riverside cliffs, watched over by a serene giant
Also within 20 km: Zhongyue Temple 中岳庙 (under 10 km), Qimu Que Gates 启母阙 (under 10 km), Chongfu Palace 崇福宫 (under 10 km), Dengfeng City God Temple 登封城隍庙 (under 10 km), Songyang Academy 嵩阳书院 (under 10 km), Fawang Temple 法王寺 (under 10 km).
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