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Palace of Nine Perfections (Jiucheng Palace) 九成宫Jiǔchéng Gōng
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Baoji, Shaanxi
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Baoji
- Region
- Shaanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Palace of Nine Perfections (Jiucheng Palace)
Remains of a Sui and Tang summer palace in Linyou town: Emperor Wen of Sui built the Renshou Palace here in 593–595, Tang Taizong rebuilt it as the Jiucheng (Nine Perfections) Palace in 631, and a flood destroyed it in 836. Excavations from the late 1980s traced a precinct about 1 km long, including a Sui hall that filled a gap in the record of Chinese palace architecture. The original Liquan Spring stele of 632, composed by Wei Zheng and written by Ouyang Xun and long admired as a model of standard-script calligraphy, is kept in the Linyou County Museum.
How to get to Palace of Nine Perfections (Jiucheng Palace)
In Linyou town, about 1.5–2 hours by road north-east of Baoji.
Nearby
- Famen Temple 法门寺 30 km
A Tang relic temple, the treasures of its sealed crypt and a 148-metre modern stupa - Qianling Mausoleum 乾陵 40 km
A spirit way of stone guardians climbing to the joint tomb of Gaozong and Wu Zetian
Also within 20 km: Cishan Temple Grottoes 慈善寺石窟 (under 10 km).
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