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Jiangnüshi Site 姜女石遗址Jiāngnǚshí Yízhǐ
National heritage site · Huludao, Liaoning
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Huludao
- Region
- Liaoning
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Jiangnüshi Site
Jiangnüshi is a coastal complex of Qin and early Western Han palace remains on the Zhimao Bay shore, found in 1982 and excavated from 1984 to 2002; it was the first Qin-era travelling palace found outside the Guanzhong region. Its core, the Jieshi Palace site, is a large terraced platform of rammed earth close to the shore, facing three sea-eroded rocks offshore known as the Jiang Nü Tomb, which legend links to Meng Jiangnü and which scholars identify as the 'Jieshi' (Stone Gate) of ancient texts. On the ground there are low earth platforms and foundation lines rather than standing buildings.
How to get to Jiangnüshi Site
On the Bohai coast at Zhimao Bay, about 7 km south-east of Dongdaihe railway station and 11 km east of Shanhaiguan; a Jieshi Site cultural tourism area has been built in Suizhong, but check locally for access to the excavated remains.
Nearby
- Shanhai Pass 山海关 10 km
Where the Ming Great Wall ends at the sea, at the 'First Pass Under Heaven'
Also within 20 km: Yintai Shuixing Ocean Park, Dongdaihe 银泰水星海洋乐园 (under 10 km), Zhongqiansuo Garrison Town 中前所城 (10 km), Ledao Ocean Kingdom 乐岛海洋王国 (10 km), Jiaoshan Great Wall 角山长城 (10 km), Changshou Mountain 长寿山 (20 km), Jiumenkou Great Wall 九门口长城 (20 km).
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