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Yue Fei Temple and Tomb 岳王庙Yuèwáng Miào
National heritage site · Hangzhou, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Hangzhou
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Yue Fei Temple and Tomb
The temple and tomb of Yue Fei, the Song general who fought the Jurchen Jin and was executed in 1142 through court intrigue, first built here in 1221 after his rehabilitation and long a symbol of loyalty to the nation. The complex at the foot of Qixia Ridge has the temple hall with his statue, a separate Temple of Loyalty, and the tombs of Yue Fei and his son behind a spirit way of stone figures; it was badly damaged in 1966 and restored in 1979.
How to get to Yue Fei Temple and Tomb
On Beishan Street at the north-west corner of West Lake, a few minutes' walk from the north end of the Su Causeway.
Nearby
- West Lake 西湖 under 10 km
The lake that taught China what a perfect landscape should look like - Lingyin Temple & Feilai Feng 灵隐寺 under 10 km
A working Chan monastery beside a hillside of 1,000-year-old rock carvings
Also within 20 km: Xiling Seal Engravers' Society 西泠印社 (under 10 km), Historic Buildings of the Zhejiang Library 浙江图书馆旧址 (under 10 km), 1954 Constitution Drafting Site 五四宪法历史资料陈列馆 (under 10 km), Wenlan Pavilion 文澜阁 (under 10 km), West Lake Expo Museum 西湖博览会博物馆 (under 10 km), Baochu Pagoda 保俶塔 (under 10 km).
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