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Xiyue Temple 西岳庙Xīyuè Miào
National heritage site · Weinan, Shaanxi
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Weinan
- Region
- Shaanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Xiyue Temple
The temple where emperors sacrificed to the god of Mount Hua, the Western Sacred Peak, founded under the Western Han in 134 BC near the mountain and moved to this site in the Eastern Han. Its Ming and Qing buildings stand in a walled compound almost 500 m long with corner towers, where a series of gates and courtyards with a stone archway and stele pavilions lead to the nine-bay Haoling Hall, and it is often called the 'Forbidden City of Shaanxi'.
How to get to Xiyue Temple
In Huayin town, under 1 km from Huashan North high-speed station, so it fits easily before or after a day on Mount Hua.
Nearby
- Mount Hua 华山 10 km
Sheer granite peaks, stairways cut into cliffs and a notorious plank walk - Yongle Palace 永乐宫 60 km
Yuan-dynasty Taoist murals in a temple moved piece by piece to make way for a reservoir
Also within 20 km: Great Wall of Wei (Huayin section) 魏长城 (under 10 km), Tong Pass 潼关古城 (20 km).
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