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Liuhou Park and Liu Zongyuan Shrine 柳侯公园Liǔhóu Gōngyuán
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Liuzhou, Guangxi
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Liuzhou
- Region
- Guangxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Liuhou Park and Liu Zongyuan Shrine
A city-centre park laid out from 1906 around the shrine to Liu Zongyuan, the Tang poet and essayist who governed Liuzhou and died here in 819. The shrine, founded in 822 and rebuilt in 1987 to a Qing plan, keeps about fifty steles from the Song dynasty onwards, among them the Lizi Stele of 1217 with a poem by Han Yu in Su Shi's calligraphy. Behind it is a memorial tomb holding Liu's robes and cap, and the park is a popular gathering place for local musicians and dancers.
How to get to Liuhou Park and Liu Zongyuan Shrine
On Wenhui Road in central Liuzhou, opposite the Liuzhou Museum.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Liuzhou Museum 柳州博物馆 (under 10 km), Liuzhou Confucian Temple 柳州文庙 (under 10 km), Liuzhou Industrial Museum 柳州工业博物馆 (under 10 km), Liuzhou Urban Planning Exhibition Hall 柳州城市规划展览馆 (under 10 km), Yufeng Hill (Liyufeng Scenic Area) 立鱼峰 (under 10 km), Ho Chi Minh's Former Residence, Liuzhou 胡志明旧居 (under 10 km).
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