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Longzhong 古隆中Gǔ Lóngzhōng
5A scenic area · National heritage site · Xiangyang, Hubei
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Xiangyang
- Region
- Hubei
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 5A scenic area, National heritage site
About Longzhong
Longzhong is the wooded hillside west of Xiangyang that tradition names as the place where the Three Kingdoms strategist Zhuge Liang lived quietly before Liu Bei called on him three times, the origin of the saying about visiting the thatched cottage three times. The grounds mix Ming and Qing buildings with newer additions, and the sights include the Wuhou Temple, the Sangu Hall, a thatched-hut pavilion and the Liujiao well. Nanyang in Henan makes a rival claim to be where Zhuge Liang farmed, so the link is tradition rather than settled fact.
How to get to Longzhong
About 13 km west of central Xiangyang by road, reached by taxi or by one of the tourist bus lines that link it with the old city.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Guangde Temple, Xiangyang 广德寺 (under 10 km), Huangjiawan Scenic Area 黄家湾 (under 10 km), Li Zengbo Victory Inscription 李曾伯纪功铭 (10 km), Migong Temple 米公祠 (10 km), Xiangfan Wharves, Xiangyang 襄樊码头遗址 (10 km), Xiangyang Ancient City 襄阳古城 (10 km).
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