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Yuzhou Yuhuang Pavilion 蔚州玉皇阁Yùzhōu Yùhuáng Gé
National heritage site · Zhangjiakou, Hebei
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Zhangjiakou
- Region
- Hebei
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Yuzhou Yuhuang Pavilion
A Ming gate-tower on the middle of Yuxian's north wall, completed in 1377 as the Jingbian ('border-pacifying') Tower and later used as a Jade Emperor temple. Its two courtyards climb about 3 m from the gate hall to the main hall, a two-storey building with three tiers of eaves and a green-glazed tile roof, where Daoist murals show the Jade Emperor with 41 attendants and 36 thunder generals. Stone tablets under the hall's eaves record Ming and Qing repairs, and the pavilion is one of the locations seen in the 2024 video game Black Myth: Wukong.
How to get to Yuzhou Yuhuang Pavilion
On the north wall of Yuxian's old town, about 800 m north of its centre; Yuxian is about 105 km south-south-west of Zhangjiakou railway station, reached by road.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Zhenwu Temple, Yuxian 蔚州真武庙 (under 10 km), Lingyan Temple, Yuxian 蔚州灵岩寺 (under 10 km), Changping Granary, Yuxian 蔚州常平仓 (under 10 km), Yuzhou Old Town and City Wall 蔚州古城 (under 10 km), Nan'an Temple Pagoda 南安寺塔 (under 10 km), Tianqi Temple, Yuxian 蔚县天齐庙 (under 10 km).
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