Yuxi Palace 玉溪宫Yùxī Gōng

About Yuxi Palace

A village Taoist temple in Tuguan, Tangzhuang town, originally called Yuqi Palace, founded in the Ming and repaired in the Qing. Its Ming Jade Emperor Hall has a hip-and-gable roof of glazed tiles with dragon and lotus ridge ornaments and two-tier bracket sets, and the temple also has the Qing Jiuku (Nine Sufferings) and Sanguan (Three Officials) halls, with more than ten steles and stone carvings from the Ming to the Republican era.

How to get to Yuxi Palace

In Tuguan village, Tangzhuang town, about 13 km north-east of central Dengfeng, roughly 25 minutes by road.

Nearby

• Shaolin Temple 少林寺 20 km
  The cradle of Chan Buddhism and kung fu, at the foot of Mount Song
• White Horse Temple 白马寺 60 km
  China's first Buddhist temple, with Thai, Indian and Burmese halls beside it
• 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: Fanjiamen Scenic Area 范家门 (under 10 km), Fengquan Lake Scenic Area 凤泉湖 (under 10 km), Central Plains Western Henan Anti-Japanese War Memorial Park 中原豫西抗日纪念园 (under 10 km), Fuxi Grand Canyon 伏羲大峡谷 (under 10 km), Zhongyue Temple 中岳庙 (10 km), Red Stone Forest, Fuxi Mountain 红石林 (10 km).

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Learn more

• Wikipedia (Chinese)