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Wind-Moved Rock and Guandi Temple, Dongshan 东山风动石Dōngshān Fēngdòngshí
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Zhangzhou, Fujian
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Zhangzhou
- Region
- Fujian
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Wind-Moved Rock and Guandi Temple, Dongshan
On the seaside rocks by the east gate of Tongshan, the stone-walled town built in 1387 to guard the coast against pirates, the Wind-Moved Rock is a huge boulder resting on a tiny base that seems to rock in the wind. The scenic area also takes in the old town's walls and gate and the Dongshan Guandi Temple, founded in 1387 and rebuilt in 1680, from which many of Taiwan's Guandi temples trace their incense. The Ming calligrapher and loyalist Huang Daozhou was born in the town.
How to get to Wind-Moved Rock and Guandi Temple, Dongshan
In Tongling town on Dongshan Island, about 2 hours by road south of Zhangzhou city or 2.5 hours from Xiamen.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Malan Bay 马銮湾 (under 10 km), Jintang Bay 金汤湾 (10 km).
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