Tongchuan Yaowang Mountain Scenic Area Tourism Guide

Scenic spot introduction:

Tongchuan Yaowang Mountain Scenic Area is named after Sun Simiao, the "King of Medicine". It is the place where Sun Simiao, a famous medical scientist in the Tang Dynasty, lived in seclusion for a long time. The top of Yaowang Mountain is as flat as a platform and shaped like five fingers. From a distance, you can see the palace surrounded by green trees and built on the rocks, which is spectacular and charming. This place has been a central place for people to commemorate Sun Simiao since ancient times. Every year on the second day of the second lunar month, tourists gather from all over the temple to express their respect and memory for Sun Simiao, and it has become a holy place for medical practitioners. Today, there are many historical sites on Yaowang Mountain, especially the forest of steles, which were collected in Yaozhou District. They are large in number and of high value, and are well-known at home and abroad. There are also many rare treasures, which are used for the study of ethnicity, religion, customs, calligraphy, etc. Rare historical materials.

Attractions distribution:

Yaowang Mountain is located on Baojian Road about 1.5 kilometers east of Tongchuan. Its original name is Wutai Mountain and it consists of 5 mountains. Today, there are stone carvings all over the mountain, including more than 40 cliff statues from the Sui and Tang Dynasties, more than 200 steles from past dynasties, Jin and Yuan buildings and large-scale Yuan Dynasty murals, as well as stone pagodas, stone coffins, stone stele squares and many other stone carvings. Visitors can also see the Ming Dynasty Medicine King's Hall and the Medicine Prescription Monument, as well as more than 50 scenic spots such as Taixuan Ancient Cave and Medicine Washing Pool.

Scenic spot qualifications:

National 4A-level scenic spot

Scenic spot features:

Mountaineering, worship, history and culture, monuments, mountains

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