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Jidu Temple 济渎庙Jǐdú Miào
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Jiyuan, Henan
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jiyuan
- Region
- Henan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Jidu Temple
The temple of the god of the Ji, one of the four great rivers of ancient China, founded in 582 at the river's eastern spring and the largest and most complete of the temples to the Four Rivers. Twenty-three buildings from the Song to the Qing stand on three axes, including a rear hall of 973 that is the oldest wooden building in Henan, a Ming wooden archway gate and the spring-fed pools of the Beihai Shrine with a Song stone balustrade. It is the core of the Jishui Source cultural tourism area, which also takes in Longquan Lake and a peony garden.
How to get to Jidu Temple
On Jidu Street in the north of Jiyuan city, about 2 km from the centre.
Nearby
- White Horse Temple 白马寺 40 km
China's first Buddhist temple, with Thai, Indian and Burmese halls beside it - Huangcheng Xiangfu 皇城相府 50 km
A walled hillside estate of courtyards, towers and gardens built by a family of officials
Also within 20 km: Fengxian Taoist Temple 奉仙观 (under 10 km), Yanqing Temple Pagoda 延庆寺塔 (under 10 km), Guandi Temple, Zhicheng 轵城关帝庙 (under 10 km), Daming Temple, Jiyuan 大明寺 (under 10 km), Ancient City of Zhi 轵国故城 (under 10 km), Wulongkou Scenic Area 五龙口 (10 km).
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