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Xuanmiao Temple 玄妙观Xuánmiào Guàn
National heritage site · Suzhou, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Suzhou
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Xuanmiao Temple
A Taoist temple in the heart of Suzhou's old city, founded in 276 and facing the busy Guanqian Street shopping street. Its main hall, the Hall of the Three Pure Ones, is a broad double-eaved timber hall rebuilt in 1179 under the Southern Song and still standing. Inside are a Song copy of a stone portrait of Laozi after the Tang painter Wu Daozi, with calligraphy by Yan Zhenqing, and around the hall a carved stone balustrade of the Five Dynasties.
How to get to Xuanmiao Temple
On Guanqian Street in the centre of Suzhou's old city.
Nearby
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 苏州园林 under 10 km
Whole landscapes of rock, water and pavilion folded into a city block - Zhouzhuang 周庄古镇 30 km
Jiangnan's most famous water town, famed for its Twin Bridges and merchant halls
Also within 20 km: Pingjiang Road Historic District 平江历史街区 (under 10 km), Pan Family Mansion (Ligeng Hall) 卫道观前潘宅 (under 10 km), Quanjin Guild Hall (China Kunqu Opera Museum) 全晋会馆 (under 10 km), Twin Pagodas (Luohan Temple) 罗汉院双塔 (under 10 km), Lion Grove Garden 狮子林 (under 10 km), Mountain Villa with Embracing Beauty 环秀山庄 (under 10 km).
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