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Deji Gate Site 德济门遗址Déjìmén Yízhǐ
National heritage site · Quanzhou, Fujian
- Time needed
- 30 minutes
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Quanzhou
- Region
- Fujian
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Deji Gate Site
The excavated foundations of Deji Gate, the southern gate of Song–Yuan Quanzhou through which goods passed to and from the riverside port, lie open beside Tianhou Temple. First built in 1230 and destroyed by fire in 1948, the site was dug in 2000 and shows city-wall footings from the Song to the Qing, inner and outer moats, a stone bridge and the walls of the barbican. It is one of the components of the Quanzhou World Heritage site.
How to get to Deji Gate Site
On Tianhou Road at the southern edge of Quanzhou's old city, next to Tianhou Temple and about 2 km south of Kaiyuan Temple.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Tianhou Temple, Quanzhou 泉州天后宫 (under 10 km), Qingjing Mosque 清净寺 (under 10 km), Quanzhou Confucian Temple 泉州府文庙 (under 10 km), Kaiyuan Temple (Quanzhou) 开元寺 (under 10 km), Yuanhe 1916 Creative Industry Park 源和1916创意产业园 (under 10 km), Chongfu Temple, Quanzhou 崇福寺 (under 10 km).
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