Quzi Cultural Park 屈子文化园

About Quzi Cultural Park

The temple, also called the Sanlü Shrine, commemorates Qu Yuan, the poet traditionally held to have drowned himself in the Miluo River. It was first founded in the Han dynasty and repaired many times afterwards; the present building was moved to this site in 1754, the nineteenth year of the Qing Qianlong reign, on ground where Qu Yuan is said by tradition to have lived. What survives is a single-eaved, flush-gable brick and timber structure, with the Duxing Pavilion and the Saotan standing nearby. The temple was given four major restorations after 1949, and in 2001 the State Council declared it a national key cultural relic protection unit.

The sources consulted document the temple itself rather than the wider cultural park that now carries the name, so the park's extent, its buildings and whether the temple falls inside its managed area are not described here.

What to look for

• The Quzi Temple hall, a single-eaved flush-gable brick and timber building moved to this site in 1754
• The Duxing Pavilion, one of the structures standing beside the temple
• The Saotan, the poetry platform in the temple's surroundings
• The setting on Yusi Hill above the north bank of the lower Miluo River

Location & getting there

Getting to Quzi Cultural Park

Check which interiors and courtyards are accessible. Active places of worship and protected monuments may have different visitor rules.

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