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Shangqiu Ancient City 商丘古城Shāngqiū Gǔchéng
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Shangqiu, Henan
- Time needed
- 1 day
- Days to budget
- 1 day
- City
- Shangqiu
- Region
- Henan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Shangqiu Ancient City
The walled city of Guide prefecture, built in 1511 after floods destroyed the earlier town, whose brick inner wall (about 4.4 km round), broad moat-lake and outer earthen rampart give it the 'round outside, square inside' plan of a Chinese coin. Inside the four gates the old grid of lanes survives, much restored since the 2010s, with the prefectural Confucian temple, the Mu family courtyard house and the Zhuang Hui Tang residence of the late-Ming writer Hou Fangyu, while outside lie the Ebo (Fire God) Terrace and the rebuilt Yingtian Academy. Several older cities, including the Zhou-dynasty capital of the Song state, lie buried beneath and around it.
How to get to Shangqiu Ancient City
In Suiyang district in the south of Shangqiu city, reached by taxi or city bus.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Shangqiu Museum 商丘博物馆 (under 10 km), Riyue Lake, Shangqiu 日月湖 (under 10 km), Former Headquarters of the Huaihai Campaign General Front Committee 商丘淮海战役总前委旧址 (10 km).
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