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Qiqushan Temple 七曲山大庙Qīqū Shān Dàmiào
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Mianyang, Sichuan
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Mianyang
- Region
- Sichuan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Qiqushan Temple
A Taoist temple complex on Qiqu Mountain just north of Zitong, founded as a shrine to the local deity Zhang Yazi and rebuilt as a Wenchang Palace after he was honoured as Wenchang, god of literature, in the early Yuan dynasty. Its 23 halls and pavilions date mainly from the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties and climb the hillside in an informal layout, surrounded by more than 20,000 ancient cypresses.
How to get to Qiqushan Temple
About 10 minutes by road north of Zitong town, which is roughly an hour's drive north-east of Mianyang.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Li Ye Que 李业阙 (under 10 km), Two Bombs City 两弹城 (under 10 km), Wolongshan Thousand Buddha Cliff 卧龙山千佛岩 (10 km).
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