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Gao Yi Que 高颐阙Gāo Yí Què
National heritage site · Ya'an, Sichuan
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Ya'an
- Region
- Sichuan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Gao Yi Que
A pair of carved stone pillar-gates (que) built in the Jian'an era (196–220) of the Eastern Han dynasty at the tomb of Gao Yi, a governor of Yizhou. The right-hand que survives largely intact, covered in relief carvings and inscriptions, with a pair of winged stone beasts (bixie) in front and the tomb mound behind. The site, now in a small heritage park, was badly damaged in the 2013 Lushan earthquake, after which a conservation plan was approved.
How to get to Gao Yi Que
In Yaoqiao, beside the old Chengdu–Ya'an road, about 15 minutes by taxi east of central Ya'an.
Nearby
- Mount Mengding 蒙顶山 under 10 km
Misty tea terraces and an imperial tea garden where tea growing is said to have begun
Also within 20 km: Jinfeng Mountain & Jinfeng Temple 金凤山 (under 10 km), Former Mingde Middle School (Xikang Museum) 明德中学旧址 (under 10 km), Zhougong Mountain 周公山 (under 10 km), Bifengxia Gorge & Panda Base 碧峰峡 (under 10 km), Mingshan Confucian Temple 名山文庙 (under 10 km), Feixianguan Pass 飞仙关 (20 km).
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