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Cuan Longyan Stele 爨龙颜碑Cuàn Lóngyán Bēi
National heritage site · Qujing, Yunnan
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Qujing
- Region
- Yunnan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Cuan Longyan Stele
Erected in 458, the Cuan Longyan Stele is the 3.38 m memorial stone of Cuan Longyan, a regional governor from the Cuan clan that dominated eastern Yunnan for centuries. Its 904-character inscription traces the family's origins and offices in regular script with clerical touches, and the rounded head is carved with a dragon, a tiger, the Vermilion Bird and sun and moon symbols. Together with the smaller Cuan Baozi Stele in Qujing it is one of the 'Two Cuan' steles prized by Chinese calligraphers.
How to get to Cuan Longyan Stele
In Xueguanbao village, Majie town, about 12 km south of Luliang town and roughly an hour by road south of Qujing; the Coloured Sand Forest is nearby.
Nearby
- Stone Forest 石林 40 km
A maze of limestone blades and towers you can lose yourself in
Also within 20 km: Coloured Sand Forest, Luliang 彩色沙林 (under 10 km), Dajue Temple, Luliang 大觉寺 (10 km).
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