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Liu Bowen's Hometown (Baizhangji Falls and Liu Ji Temple) 刘伯温故里Liú Bówēn Gùlǐ
5A scenic area · National heritage site · Wenzhou, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 1 day
- Days to budget
- 1 day
- City
- Wenzhou
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 5A scenic area, National heritage site
About Liu Bowen's Hometown (Baizhangji Falls and Liu Ji Temple)
Wencheng County's 5A scenic area, named for the home region of Liu Ji (Liu Bowen), the strategist who helped found the Ming dynasty, combines two sites about 10 km apart. Baizhangji is a three-tier waterfall in a deep V-shaped ravine whose top fall drops 207 m in a single leap; in Nantian to the north-west, the Liu Ji Temple is a Ming timber hall complex of the Tianshun reign (1457–64) hung with commemorative plaques, and Liu Ji's tomb lies at the foot of Xiashan nearby.
How to get to Liu Bowen's Hometown (Baizhangji Falls and Liu Ji Temple)
The visitor centre is at Huangzhuang village in Baizhangji town, Wencheng County, roughly 65 km west of Wenzhou as the crow flies; buses run from Wenzhou to Wencheng, with local buses on to the scenic area.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Tongling Mountain Forest Park 铜铃山森林公园 (20 km), Wencheng Forest Oxygen Town 文成森林氧吧小镇 (20 km).
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