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Cizhong Catholic Church 茨中教堂Cízhōng Jiàotáng
National heritage site · Diqing, Yunnan
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Diqing
- Region
- Yunnan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Cizhong Catholic Church
A Catholic church in the village of Cizhong in southern Deqin County, rebuilt here by French missionaries of the Paris Foreign Missions Society in 1909–1911 after their earlier church, about 15 km to the south, was burnt in 1905. Its design mixes a Romanesque Revival plan with Tibetan, Han and Bai building traditions. Used as a primary school during the Cultural Revolution, it survived largely intact, and the church, side buildings, gate, cellar and vineyard are all preserved.
How to get to Cizhong Catholic Church
About 80 km south of Deqin town along the Lancang (Mekong) valley road, roughly 2 hours by car; carry your passport for checkpoints.
Nearby
- Nujiang Grand Canyon & Bingzhongluo 怒江大峡谷与丙中洛 30 km
A deep, remote river canyon of Lisu and Nu villages, mission churches and a horseshoe bend - Meili Snow Mountain & Yubeng 梅里雪山与雨崩 50 km
Yunnan's highest peak, sacred and unclimbed, with a trek to a village beneath its glaciers
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