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Xiaotang Mountain Han Shrine 孝堂山郭氏墓石祠Xiàotángshān Guōshì Mù Shící
National heritage site · Jinan, Shandong
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jinan
- Region
- Shandong
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Xiaotang Mountain Han Shrine
A small stone offering shrine from the early Eastern Han dynasty, standing on Xiaotang Mountain near the Yellow River. It is the only known shrine of its period still standing in its original form, a building about 4 m long whose black stone walls are carved in shallow relief with processions, hunting, entertainments and mythological scenes, plus visitors' inscriptions from the 2nd century and a Northern Qi eulogy on the outer wall. Tradition links it with the filial exemplar Guo Ju, and it is now sheltered by a protective hall within a walled precinct.
How to get to Xiaotang Mountain Han Shrine
In Xiaoli subdistrict, Changqing District, about 46 km south-west of central Jinan.
Nearby
- Mount Tai 泰山 50 km
China's most sacred peak, climbed by emperors and by night hikers chasing sunrise
Also within 20 km: Chaoyang Cave, Taoshan 陶山朝阳洞石刻造像 (10 km).
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