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Zhenqing Taoist Temple 真庆观Zhēnqìng Guàn
National heritage site · Kunming, Yunnan
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Kunming
- Region
- Yunnan
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Zhenqing Taoist Temple
Regarded as the largest group of historic buildings in central Kunming, it covers about 2 hectares at the junction of Tuodong Road and Baita Road and dates from the Ming and Qing dynasties. It is made up of three parts, the Zhenqing Temple itself, the Duleifu hall and the Yanlong Shrine, and is still a working Taoist temple and the seat of the Kunming Taoist Association.
How to get to Zhenqing Taoist Temple
In central Kunming on Tuodong Road, a few minutes' walk from the Kunming Museum.
Nearby
- Green Lake Park 翠湖公园 under 10 km
Kunming's favourite park, where wintering gulls wheel over willow-lined causeways - Western Hills & Dragon Gate 西山龙门 10 km
Taoist grottoes and a single-file ledge path cut into a cliff high above Dianchi Lake - Chengjiang Fossil Site & Fuxian Lake 澄江化石地与抚仙湖 50 km
Half-billion-year-old fossils of early animals beside one of China's deepest lakes
Also within 20 km: Dizang Temple Sutra Pillar 地藏寺经幢 (under 10 km), Eastern and Western Pagodas 东西寺塔 (under 10 km), Fulintang Pharmacy 福林堂 (under 10 km), Anti-Japanese War Victory Memorial Hall, Kunming 抗战胜利纪念堂 (under 10 km), Lu Han's Mansion 卢汉公馆 (under 10 km), Yunnan Military Academy 云南陆军讲武堂 (under 10 km).
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