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Fuxi Terrace 伏羲台遗址Fúxītái Yízhǐ

National heritage site · Shijiazhuang, Hebei

Fuxi Terrace (伏羲台遗址)
Photo: Fanghong, CC BY-SA 3.0
Time needed
1–2 hours
Days to budget
Half a day
City
Shijiazhuang
Region
Hebei
Type
Heritage
Listed as
National heritage site

About Fuxi Terrace

A three-tiered, irregularly octagonal rammed-earth terrace about 9 m high on the plain at Xinle, traditionally linked with the mythical ancestor Fuxi, with remains from the Neolithic to the Han dynasty in the ground around it. A temple complex along its north–south axis (gate, Liuzuo Hall, Longshi Hall and the rear sleeping hall) is known locally as the Ancestor Temple, and the annual Fuxi sacrifice held here on the 17th to 19th of the third lunar month is on China's national intangible-heritage list. The surrounding area has been developed with a cultural market and leisure spaces.

How to get to Fuxi Terrace

At Hejiazhuang village in Xinle, about 5 km north-north-east of Xinle town centre and 42 km north-north-east of central Shijiazhuang.

Nearby

Also within 20 km: Sutra Inscriptions at Bahui Temple 八会寺刻经 (20 km).

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