Wu'an Sheli Pagoda Wu'an Sheli Pagoda is located inside the East Gate of Wu'an City. The pagoda was one of the main structures of the former Miaojue Temple, which has been destroyed, leaving only the pagoda standing. Both the pagoda and the temple were built in the sixth year of the Yuanyou era of the Song Dynasty (1091), constructed from brick in a pavilion-style tower form, standing 38.7 meters tall, and are the tallest surviving Song Dynasty pagoda in southern Hebei Province. The pagoda has an octagonal floor plan and consists of thirteen stories…
Nanheti South Pavilion, also known as the "Longevity Pavilion," is located on a stone bridge over the eastern river of Nanheti Village in Wu'an City. The bridge was built in the early Qing Dynasty and underwent renovation in the ninth year of the Republic of China (1920). It serves as a temple dedicated to the river god. The stone bridge is built upon natural rock formations on both sides of the river, with its surface surrounded by bluestone balustrades and pillars, topped with intricately carved stone lions...
Guo Family Manor is located in the center of Guantao Village, Guantao Township, Wu'an City. It was built in the 25th year of the Daoguang reign during the Qing Dynasty (1845) and is a typical example of local residential architecture. It is now a key cultural relic protection unit of Hebei Province. The manor consists of six courtyards with over 80 rooms, covering an area of more than 1,600 square meters. 6…
Nangang Pagoda is located 20 kilometers southwest of Wu’an City and 300 meters west of Nangang Village. The pagoda faces east and is an octagonal, three-tiered, pavilion-style brick structure. Its interior follows a corridor design, and it stands approximately 22 meters tall, consisting of three parts: the underground chamber, the main body, and the finial. The underground chamber is octagonal with a domed ceiling and is 3 meters high. The main body has three tiers; the bottom…
Xiyingjing Pagoda The Xiyingjing Pagoda is located in Xiyingjing Village, Wu'an City. The pagoda originally stood within the Fuxiang Temple, which no longer exists. Carved during the Northern Song Dynasty, the pagoda has three tiers and currently stands 7 meters tall. Its base is a square Sumeru pedestal. The body of the pagoda is octagonal and divided into three levels, each separated by a canopy adorned with distinct carvings such as beads, lotus flowers, flying apsaras, and tile patterns...
The Jiujiang Goddess Temple is located approximately 33.5 kilometers northwest of Wu’an County in Hebei Province, about 200 meters northeast of Guantao Village in Guantao Township. It is a well-preserved ancient architectural complex dating back to the early Yuan Dynasty. The temple faces south and features a square-shaped layout with 14 halls and 45 rooms, covering a construction area of 1,000 square meters. It is...
Jingming Temple is located in the northeast of Xiaodian Village, Guantao Township, Wu'an City. It features a traditional quadrangle courtyard layout. Most of the temple structures have been destroyed, but the remaining buildings include the main hall, east and west side halls, and the mountain gate. It is now a key cultural relic protection unit of Hebei Province. The mountain gate is three bays deep and one bay wide, constructed with brick and wood, and topped with a single-eave flush-gable roof covered with clay tiles. The main hall is three bays wide...
Hejin Cross Pavilion The Hejin Cross Pavilion is located on South Street in Hejin Village, Wu'an City. It is a single-structure building composed of two parts: upper and lower. The lower level is a cross-shaped brick-and-stone platform with passageways running both north-south and east-west; the upper level has a square floor plan, a double-eaved roof covered with glazed tiles in a simple hip-and-gable style, and is constructed with a brick-and-wood structure. It spans three bays in width and depth, is 8098 meters long from east to west, 8.92 meters wide from north to south, and has a total height of 11.7 meters, covering a floor area of 80 square meters. The pavilion was originally built during the Ming Dynasty, and the existing structure still retains the architectural style of that period, with renovations carried out during the Qing Dynasty. It is now a key cultural relic protection unit of Hebei Province.
Chanfang Temple is located in Chanfang Village, Guantao Township, northwest of Wuan City, at an altitude of 1,090 meters. According to surveys, the temple faces south and measures 54 meters in length from north to south and 20 meters in width from east to west, covering an area of 1,080 square meters. Existing structures include a bell tower, a drum tower, a central hall, and a rear hall. The original front hall and side halls on the east and west collapsed due to disrepair in the 1940s...
Hall of Tianqing TempleThe Hall of Tianqing Temple is located in Cuilu Village, Wu'an City. It was built in the third year of the Tianshun era of the Ming Dynasty (1459). The only remaining hall is the main structure of the temple, featuring a width of five bays and a depth of three bays. It has a single-eave hip-and-gable roof covered with grey tiles and trimmed with green glazed tiles. All the columns are made of stone, with small octagonal cross-sections. The bases under the columns are respectively round, square, and octagonal Sumeru pedestal-style.
The Chenghuang Temple is located in Wu'an City. It was first built in the second year of the Hongwu reign during the Ming Dynasty (1369), and the existing structures include the worship hall, middle hall, and rear hall. The worship hall is three bays wide and one bay deep, with a tiled, curved roof; the rear hall is three bays wide and deep, with a hanging gable and tiled roof, rebuilt during the Qing Dynasty; the middle hall is the main hall of the temple, also three bays wide and deep, …
Baijiazhuang Cliff Carvings
The Fahua Cave Grottoes are located on Mount Hua, approximately 1 kilometer east of Qingyansi Village, Wu'an City, Handan, Hebei Province. In 1982, they were designated as a provincial-level key cultural relic protection unit by the People's Government of Hebei Province. The grottoes were carved between the seventh year of the Taiping Xingguo era (982 AD) and the second year of the Yongxi era (985 AD) during the Northern Song Dynasty, taking three years to complete. Currently...
Wang Shun Manor is located in Nanwenzhang Village, Boyan Town, Wu'an City. Constructed between 1932 and 1935, it covers a built-up area of over 2,780 square meters, comprising six courtyards and more than 80 buildings including both multi-story and single-story structures. A wide east-west road, 3.83 meters in width, runs through the middle. The main buildings are situated on the north side of the road, facing south, and consist of...
Longevity Village, located at Aihoupeng Village at the foot of Motian Ridge, 56 kilometers northwest of Wu’an City, is known as the "Longevity Village" because since its establishment, villagers have rarely suffered from illness or cancer, living long lives with an average lifespan of over 85 years. Longevity Village is part of the?清澈釉垂?壹渡?止?啊⒑颖蔽浒补?业刂使?啊⑶嘌抡?〖蹲匀槐；で?傲皆耙弧?/a>
The Cishan Site is located on a terrace on the north bank of the Luo River, southwest of the county seat of Wu'an City, Hebei Province. This site is a renowned early Neolithic site in North China, discovered in 1973. It predates the Yangshao Culture, dating back to approximately 5400–5100 BCE. The cultural deposits at the site are extremely rich...
Hebei Wu'an National Geopark is located in Huoshui Township and Guantao Township of Wu'an City, bordering Zuoquan County of Shanxi Province to the west, Xingtai County and Shahe City of Hebei Province to the north, and Hejin Town and Yangyi Town of Wu'an City to the south. It covers a total area of 412 square kilometers, with a core scenic area of 75.45 square kilometers. Within the geopark, there are a total of 86 geological heritage protection sites...
The Sixteen Valleys Scenic Area is located two kilometers north of Huoshui Village, Huoshui Township, Wu'an City, Hebei Province, thirty kilometers from the city center. The scenic area covers an area of approximately 15 square kilometers. Since 2004, the area has planned to invest 260 million yuan in development. The entire scenic zone has initially established facilities covering services, sightseeing, vacationing, leisure, training, as well as dining, accommodation, tours, shopping, and entertainment...
Dongshan Cultural Park is located on the north side of National Highway 309 in Wu'an City, Hebei Province, where shimmering lakes complement rolling hills, and pavilions are scattered gracefully across the landscape. Covering a total area of over 500 acres, it is a high-end cultural park integrating cultural tourism, vacation leisure, dining, and entertainment. The park spans 500 acres and features eight major zones: the Cultural Zone...
In the southwest corner of the old street in Boyan, Wu’an, there stands a castle-like ancient architectural complex with a unique layout and grand scale, known as the “Nine-Gate-Aligned” Xujia Courtyard. This manor was formed in the mid-to-late Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, with large-scale expansion taking place from the late Qing Dynasty to the early Republican era. The entire estate comprises 13 courtyards of varying sizes and 398 rooms. When it comes to the Xujia mansions in Boyan and the businesses and pharmacies operated by the Xu family, they were widely known across much of China from the late Qing Dynasty to the Republican period. A popular rhyme from that time in southern Hebei went: “From Fengtian (now Shenyang) and Harbin in the north, to Yinchuan and Lanzhou in the west, numerous shops, businesses, and pharmacies—Wu’an’s Boyan boasts the Eight Masters.” (Xu Anliang, the head of the Xu family at the time, was known as “Eight Master”), which speaks volumes about the Xu family’s prestige and wealth in the business world.