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Xianyan Cave Inscriptions 仙岩洞摩崖题记Xiānyán Dòng Móyá Tíjì
National heritage site · Quzhou, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Quzhou
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Xianyan Cave Inscriptions
A red-sandstone cave with a mouth about 25 m wide and a depth of about 22 m, south of Hongxing village in Zhangtan, whose walls carry more than 50 carved inscriptions left by officials and scholars from the late 8th to the late 19th century, most of them from the Southern Song. The most valued, on the west wall, dates from 1121 and records the government troops sent against the Fang La rebellion. A temple that stood outside the cave was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution.
How to get to Xianyan Cave Inscriptions
In Zhangtan subdistrict on the eastern side of Qujiang district, about 12 km east of central Quzhou by road.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Temple of Southern Confucianism 孔氏南宗家庙 (under 10 km), Wu Ancestral Hall, Chetang 车塘吴氏宗祠 (10 km), Quzhou Ancient City & City Walls 衢州古城 (10 km).
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