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Tianbao Palace 天宝宫Tiānbǎo Gōng
National heritage site · Xuchang, Henan
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Xuchang
- Region
- Henan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Tianbao Palace
A Taoist temple complex north-west of Xuchang, founded in 1240 as an abbey, raised to a 'palace' in 1269, destroyed at the end of the Yuan and rebuilt from the Ming onwards. Along its central axis a triple-arched gate, an offering pavilion on stone columns and halls to Yue Fei, Guan Yu, the Jade Emperor and the Thunder Patriarch lead to the broad Zhenwu Hall, roofed in green glazed tiles and fronted by columns carved with dragons and phoenixes.
How to get to Tianbao Palace
In Aizhuang Hui township, Jian'an district, about 25 km north-west of central Xuchang by road.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Lingjing Xuchang Man Site 灵井“许昌人”遗址 (10 km), China Jun Porcelain Culture Park 中国钧瓷文化园 (10 km), Yuzhou Jun Kiln Site Museum 禹州钧官窑址博物馆 (20 km), Huaibang Guild Hall 怀邦会馆 (20 km), Tianning Wanshou Temple, Yuzhou 天宁万寿寺 (20 km), Shi'erliancheng Eastern Zhou Walls 十二连城 (20 km).
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