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Tongchuan | thousand year porcelain
Shili Kiln Factory Yaozhou Kiln is located at the south end of Huangbao Town, Wangyi District, Tongchuan, Shaanxi, next to National Highway 210. It was called "Yaozhou Kiln" because it belonged to Yaozhou in the Song Dynasty. Its kilns are located along both banks of the Qishui River, with Huangbao Town as the center. They are about 5km long from north to south and about 2km wide from east to west, so they are called "Shili Kilns". Huangbao Yaozhou Kiln started in the Tang Dynasty
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Tongchuan | Cliff Statues
The cliff statue is located in the Houshan Scenic Area, standing more than 300 meters in the southeast corner of the Yaowang Hall. There are 7 caves (reconstructed), 23 Buddhist niches, 45 statues and more than 20 cliff inscriptions, which are masterpieces of the Northern Zhou, Tang, Five Dynasties, Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties. They have vivid shapes and different styles. At the foot of the cliff on the east side, there is a small cave with a sharp top, which is dedicated to Maitreya Buddha. There is no image of Maitreya today. …
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Tongchuan | Yaowang Mountain Temple Fair
Yaowang Mountain Temple Fair has a long history, starting from the Tang Dynasty and flourishing in the Song Dynasty. It has been more than 1000 years. In the Tang Dynasty, Sun Simiao had a wide influence among the people. In the Northern Song Dynasty, the commemoration of Sun Simiao had become a custom. Every year, the magistrate of Yaozhou led officials and people to climb Mount Wutai in the north to worship Sun Simiao, and the royal family attached great importance to it. The Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty especially respected Sun Simiao and was carved in the third year of the reign of Emperor Chongning of the Song Dynasty
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Tongchuan | Yaowang Mountain Forest of Steles
The Forest of Steles is located on the former site of the original Jimei Palace to the east of the North Cave of Yaowang Mountain. There are more than one hundred statues collected in Yaozhou since the end of the Qing Dynasty from the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Western Wei Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty. It is famous at home and abroad for its large number and high value, among which the stele of Wei Wenlang, the stele of Yao Boduo brothers, the stele of Qiu Chensheng, the stele of Qinglong Wei, the stele of Zhang Sengmiao, etc
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Tongchuan | Xuanzang Memorial Hall
In order to commemorate Monk Xuanzang, Tongchuan Municipal People's Government built the "Monument of Monk Xuanzang" on the site of the Yuhua Palace in 1999. The memorial hall covers an area of 10 hectares. It is a comprehensive memorial hall integrating the commemoration of Monk Xuanzang and the display of Yuhua cultural relics. The museum displays more than 1000 valuable cultural relics related to Xuanzang, such as cultural relics, scriptures, pictures and statues. The Memorial Hall is composed of the Sanzang Hall, the Forest of Steles, the inscription
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Tongchuan | Xiangshan Temple Fair
Xiangshan Temple has a long history. After several dynasties, it has been flourishing and abolishing. The establishment of Xiangshan Temple began in the pre Qin Dynasty and flourished in the Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Sui and Tang Dynasties. During the Guangxu period (1875-1908), Monk Zongliang came to Xiangshan from Nanwutai and raised more than 200000 taels of silver. He opened the mountain and broke rocks, supervised the construction, rebuilt the large-scale ten square jungle, and stipulated that from the first day of March to the fifth day of the lunar calendar, the beginning of October every year
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Tongchuan | China Sun Simiao Traditional Chinese Medicine Cultural Festival
"China Sun Simiao Traditional Chinese Medicine Cultural Festival" is approved by the State Council, sponsored by the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Shaanxi Provincial People's Government, organized by Tongchuan Municipal People's Government, Shaanxi Provincial Department of Health, Shaanxi Branch of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and organized by the China Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Health Care Association, Provincial Tourism Administration, Shaanxi Provincial Department of Agriculture Provincial Administration for Industry and Commerce, Provincial Literature
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Tongchuan | Suchengyuan Site
Sucheng Yard, formerly known as "Sucheng Hall", is an important part of the "Five Gates and Nine Halls" architectural complex of Yuhua Palace. It is also an extremely important relic where Xuanzang came to Yuhua Temple to translate scriptures in the fourth year of Xianqing (659). The main part of the grottoes was excavated in the early Tang Dynasty. There are Buddhist stone carvings (Vajrayana and Buddhist Monuments) of Master Xuanzang's Buddhist worship activities in the grottoes. The Suchengyuan Grottoes in Lanzhi Valley are where Master Xuanzang is
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Tongchuan | Shende Temple Site
The site of Shende Temple is located in the southeast terrace of Siping Village, Zhaojin Town, Yaozhou District, Tongchuan City. It is backed by Zhangguo Old Cliff. Two small rivers flow from north to south and meet in front of the mountain. The site is about 150 meters long from east to west and 60 meters wide from south to north. When the educated youth dormitory was built in April 1969, a large number of stone statues and Buddhist relics were found buried below the ground. There are copper boxes and offerings in the stone letter: