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Leitai Han Tomb 雷台汉墓Léitái Hànmù
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Wuwei, Gansu
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Wuwei
- Region
- Gansu
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Leitai Han Tomb
A brick tomb of the late Eastern Han with front, middle and rear chambers, found in 1969 under Leitai, an earthen terrace topped by a Ming Taoist temple in northern Wuwei; it yielded more than 230 objects, among them a procession of bronze horses, chariots and figures and the Bronze Galloping Horse (Flying Horse of Gansu), later chosen as China's tourism emblem. The originals are in the Gansu Provincial Museum in Lanzhou; the site is now the Leitai Han Culture Museum, a 12.7-hectare park with the tomb, the temple and a large replica array of the bronze procession.
How to get to Leitai Han Tomb
On Beiguan Middle Road, under 2 km north of central Wuwei, by taxi or city bus.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Wuwei Confucius Temple 武威文庙 (under 10 km), Haizang Temple 海藏寺 (under 10 km).
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