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Wolong Gang 卧龙岗武侯祠Wòlónggāng Wǔhóu Cí
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Nanyang, Henan
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Nanyang
- Region
- Henan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Wolong Gang
The shrine to the Three Kingdoms strategist Zhuge Liang on Wolong Gang, the low ridge south-west of central Nanyang where he is said, in a disputed tradition, to have lived and farmed for about ten years before joining Liu Bei. Worship here goes back to the Jin dynasty and the present halls are Yuan to Qing, with a thatched pavilion on the site of his supposed cottage and some 400 steles, among them the 'Chu Shi Biao' memorials in the hand of Yue Fei. The Nanyang Han Stone Carving Museum stands at the foot of the same ridge.
How to get to Wolong Gang
On the south-western edge of central Nanyang, about 15 minutes by taxi from the city centre.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Nanyang Prefectural Yamen 南阳府衙 (under 10 km), Shrine of the Medical Sage (Zhang Zhongjing Tomb) 医圣祠 (under 10 km).
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