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Jiuri Mountain Inscriptions 九日山Jiǔrì Shān
National heritage site · Quanzhou, Fujian
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Quanzhou
- Region
- Fujian
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Jiuri Mountain Inscriptions
A low hill at Fengzhou in Nan'an whose eastern and western peaks carry more than 70 cliff inscriptions from the Northern Song to the Qing, most of them Song. Several record the ceremonies at which Song officials prayed here each year for favourable winds for overseas shipping, and a stone Buddha was carved on the western peak in 965. As the Jiuri Mountain Wind-Praying Inscriptions it is one of the components of the Quanzhou World Heritage site.
How to get to Jiuri Mountain Inscriptions
In Fengzhou town, Nan'an, about 7.5 km west of central Quanzhou by city bus or taxi.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Dharani Pillar of Taoyuan Palace 桃源宫陀罗尼经幢 (under 10 km), Quanzhou Museum 泉州博物馆 (under 10 km), China Museum for Fujian-Taiwan Kinship 中国闽台缘博物馆 (under 10 km), Yuanhe 1916 Creative Industry Park 源和1916创意产业园 (under 10 km), Kaiyuan Temple (Quanzhou) 开元寺 (under 10 km), Laozi Statue (Laojun Rock) 老君岩 (under 10 km).
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