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Longchang Stone Arches 隆昌石牌坊Lóngchāng Shí Páifāng
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Neijiang, Sichuan
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Neijiang
- Region
- Sichuan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Longchang Stone Arches
Longchang is known for its stone memorial arches (paifang): 17 survive, built between 1496 and the late 19th century to honour upright officials, chaste widows, filial sons and long-lived elders. Most are four-pillar, three-gate bluestone gateways carved in imitation of timber, about 11 metres high, and the main groups stand along the old roads at the town's South and North Gates.
How to get to Longchang Stone Arches
Take the Chengdu–Chongqing high-speed line to Longchang North station, then a short taxi ride to the South Gate arches in town.
Nearby
- Zigong, City of Salt and Dinosaurs 自贡 50 km
Jurassic dinosaurs, ancient brine wells and the lanterns that made the city famous
Also within 20 km: Guyu Lake, Longchang 古宇湖 (under 10 km), Yuantong Temple, Luxian 圆通寺 (10 km), Qu Family Manor 屈氏庄园 (20 km), Antao Pottery Town 安陶小镇 (20 km), Longnao Bridge 龙脑桥 (20 km).
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