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Lord Bao Memorial Temple, Kaifeng 开封包公祠Kāifēng Bāogōng Cí
4A scenic area · Kaifeng, Henan
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Kaifeng
- Region
- Henan
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Lord Bao Memorial Temple, Kaifeng
A memorial temple to Bao Zheng (999–1062), the Northern Song official who became China's byword for incorruptible justice as 'Judge Bao' of opera and television. Rebuilt in 1984 on the west shore of Baogong Lake on the site of a temple first raised under the Jin and Yuan, it has gates, a screen wall, a stele pavilion and halls that tell his life with a bronze statue, wax figures, models, rubbings and inscriptions. It pairs naturally with the rebuilt Kaifeng Prefecture office across the lake.
How to get to Lord Bao Memorial Temple, Kaifeng
On the west shore of Baogong Lake in the south-west of Kaifeng's old city, a short taxi ride from the centre. Check that it is open before going.
Nearby
- Iron Pagoda 开封铁塔 under 10 km
A 56-metre glazed-brick pagoda of 1049 that has outlasted floods and earthquakes
Also within 20 km: Yanqing Temple (Jade Emperor Pavilion) 延庆观 (under 10 km), Kaifeng Prefecture Office (Kaifeng Fu) 开封府 (under 10 km), Kaifeng City Wall 开封城墙 (under 10 km), Site of Dongjing, the Northern Song Capital 北宋东京城遗址 (under 10 km), Shanshangan Guild Hall 山陕甘会馆 (under 10 km), Daxiangguo Temple 大相国寺 (under 10 km).
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