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Huangze Temple 皇泽寺Huángzé Sì
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Guangyuan, Sichuan
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Guangyuan
- Region
- Sichuan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Huangze Temple
Huangze Temple, at the foot of Wulong Mountain on the west bank of the Jialing River, is described as the only temple in China dedicated to Wu Zetian, the Tang empress who by tradition was born in Guangyuan. Its cliff holds about 1,200 Buddhist sculptures in six caves and dozens of niches, begun in the sixth century and mostly carved in the Tang, while the halls display a stone figure traditionally said to show the empress herself. The temple now also serves as a museum.
How to get to Huangze Temple
On the west bank of the Jialing in Guangyuan city, about 10 minutes by taxi from the centre.
Nearby
- Jianmen Pass 剑门关 30 km
The cliff-walled gate on the old road to Shu that Li Bai said one man could hold - Qingmuchuan Ancient Town 青木川古镇 50 km
A curving market street of timber shophouses where Shaanxi, Gansu and Sichuan meet
Also within 20 km: Thousand-Buddha Cliff (Guangyuan) 千佛崖 (under 10 km), Zhaohua Ancient Town 昭化古城 (10 km).
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