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About Fuxi Temple
The main Xiantian Hall combines a seated Fuxi image with a ceiling patterned around trigrams and hexagrams, connecting its decoration to the traditions associated with him. Carved doors, old trees and the smaller Taiji Hall reward a slower circuit. Read the complex as a surviving architectural setting for ritual and cultural memory rather than evidence for a literal prehistoric biography.
What to look for
- Xiantian Hall’s Fuxi image and trigram-related ceiling decoration.
- The ordered courtyards, carved timber doors and rear Taiji Hall.
The surrounding area
A southeastern chapter of Buddhist sculpture, historic streets and distinctive chilli-dressed snacks.
Location & getting there
Getting to Fuxi Temple
Go to the temple entrance on Fuxi Road in Xiguan, Qinzhou District, Tianshui. This is the central-city Fuxi Temple, distinct from other Fuxi-related sites outside the urban area.
Combine your visit
A suggested order for the documented features and stops.
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Entrance and central courtyard
Read the temple’s axial arrangement and decorative timberwork.
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Xiantian Hall
Examine the main image and symbolic ceiling.
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Taiji Hall
Complete the surviving front-hall and rear-hall sequence.
This is an editorial sequence. Check access and any road or boat transfers; it does not establish a walking route, common ticket or guaranteed same-day connection.
Find Fuxi Temple
伏羲庙 · 天水
The pin marks the area, not the entrance.
More places nearby
Approximate straight-line distances between map pins, not travel distances.
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View guide →Sources & visit information
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