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Changjing Tower 唱经楼Chàngjīng Lóu
National heritage site · Taiyuan, Shanxi
- Time needed
- About an hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Taiyuan
- Region
- Shanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Changjing Tower
A two-storey Ming building in the old city, named for the announcement of the top five candidates in the Five Classics at the provincial examination. The tower, a connecting passage, a rear hall and the Chunqiu pavilion form an I-shaped group roofed in peacock-blue glazed tile. It is run as part of the Guandi Temple Museum, with a long-term exhibition on the imperial examination.
How to get to Changjing Tower
On Gulou Street in the old city, in central Taiyuan.
Nearby
- Shanxi Museum 山西博物院 under 10 km
Bronzes of the ancient state of Jin, Buddhist statues and tomb treasures on the Fen River - Jinci Temple 晋祠 20 km
Song-dynasty halls, painted clay maidservants and a cross-shaped bridge at the Jin springs - Qiao Family Compound 乔家大院 50 km
Walled courtyards of a Qing merchant-banking family, the set for Raise the Red Lantern
Also within 20 km: Jin Merchants Museum (Former Shanxi Military Governor's Office) 山西督军府旧址 (under 10 km), Grand Guandi Temple, Taiyuan 大关帝庙 (under 10 km), Taiyuan Ancient Mosque 太原清真古寺 (under 10 km), Peng Zhen Memorial Hall and Former CCP Taiyuan Branch Site 中共太原支部旧址 (under 10 km), Chunyang Palace, Taiyuan 纯阳宫 (under 10 km), Chongshan Temple 崇善寺 (under 10 km).
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