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About Erwang Temple
Its halls contain river-related religious images and inscriptions connected with water management, linking worship with the irrigation landscape nearby. Begin with the memorial halls, then use the inscriptions to connect the figures with the engineering story. The temple has been rebuilt repeatedly, so the existing fabric should be understood as a restored complex.
Erwang Temple was originally built in the Eastern Han dynasty as the Wangcong Shrine (望丛祠), commemorating the legendary Shu rulers Du Yu and Bie Ling. It was renamed Chongde Shrine (崇德祠) in 497 and rededicated to a stone statue of Li Bing (李冰); a stone statue of Li Erlang (李二郎), said to be his son, was added in 972. After the Five Dynasties, as father and son were canonised as kings, the temple came to be called Erlang Temple and later Erwang Temple.
It was listed as a Sichuan provincial heritage site on 7 July 1980 and as a Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level on 24 February 1982. The complex was severely damaged in the magnitude-8 Wenchuan earthquake of 12 May 2008 and was restored on its original site using original materials, finishing in 2011.
The temple stands on the slopes of Yulei Mountain (玉垒山) on the east bank of the Min River, facing the Dujiangyan headworks across the Inner River. Its main hall enshrines Li Erlang and its rear hall Li Bing and his wife, with further halls arranged up the hillside among trees. Stone walls inside carry Li Bing's carved water-management mottoes alongside plaques and steles related to father and son.
What to look for
- River-god and commemorative images connect the halls with the irrigation system.
- Water-management inscriptions give the temple a distinctive engineering theme.
Location & getting there
Getting to Erwang Temple
Enter through the Dujiangyan Scenic Area and follow its signs to Erwang Temple. Confirm the internal visitor route at the scenic-area entrance before continuing to the temple halls.
Combine your visit
Suggested order for the visit:
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Memorial halls
Identify the figures associated with Li Bing and his son.
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Water-management inscriptions
Connect the religious site with irrigation history.
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Dujiangyan visitor route
Continue to an open engineering-viewing section indicated on the site map.
This is an editorial sequence of named spaces or places. It does not imply a verified walking connection or promise opening, ticket availability or a journey time.
Find Erwang Temple
二王庙 · 都江堰市
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View guide →Sources & visit information
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Visitor information adapted and edited from Wikivoyage contributors, Dujiangyan · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 5324072.
Background paragraphs translated and condensed from Wikipedia contributors, "二王庙", Chinese Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 89438088.