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Liuzi Temple & Liu Zongyuan Cultural Area 柳子庙·柳宗元文化旅游区Liǔzǐ Miào · Liǔ Zōngyuán Wénhuà Lǚyóuqū
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Yongzhou, Hunan
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Yongzhou
- Region
- Hunan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Liuzi Temple & Liu Zongyuan Cultural Area
A riverside quarter on the west bank of the Xiao River in Lingling, the old town of Yongzhou, built around the places where the Tang writer Liu Zongyuan lived for ten years in exile from 805. At its centre is Liuzi Temple, founded in 1056 and moved in 1144 to its present site where the Yu Stream meets the Xiao; the three-courtyard hall with its opera stage dates from an 1877 rebuilding and holds the 'Lizi Stele', a text by Han Yu written out by Su Shi. The old Liuzi Street, the Yu Stream and the pools and hills Liu described in his 'Eight Records of Yongzhou' make up the rest of the area.
How to get to Liuzi Temple & Liu Zongyuan Cultural Area
On Liuzi Street on the west bank of the Xiao River in Lingling's old town, a short taxi ride from central Lingling and about 40 minutes by road from Yongzhou railway station in Lengshuitan.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Dongshan Hill & Lingling Confucian and Martial Temples 东山·零陵文武双庙 (under 10 km), Chaoyang Rock 朝阳岩 (under 10 km), Huilong Pagoda 廻龙塔 (under 10 km), Danyan Cave Inscriptions 淡岩石刻 (10 km), Former Residence of Li Da 李达故居 (20 km), General's Mansion, Xujiaqiao 许家桥将军府 (20 km).
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