Guwei
Guwei is a town in Yuncheng, Shanxi and has about 91,200 residents. Guwei is situated nearby to the hamlet Xizhang, as well as near the village Linghuacun.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include City God Temple and Yongle Palace.
Yongle Palace
Place of worship
Photo: Halazhang, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yongle Gong is a historic Taoist temple complex in Ruicheng, Shanxi Province, notable for its Yuan dynasty murals. Built over a period of 128 years between 1240 and 1358 and dedicated to the Taoist saint of Lü Dongbin, the temple was originally located in Yongle Town some 15 miles west of its current site.
Guangrenwang Temple
Place of worship
The Five Dragons Temple is a Taoist temple in Ruicheng, Shanxi Province, China. It is also known as King Guangren's Temple. The temple contains China's second oldest dated timber building, the Main Hall. Guangrenwang Temple is situated 3 km north of Guwei.
Guwei
- Type: Town with 91,200 residents
- Also known as: “Guwei Town”, “Guwei Zhen”, “Jui-ch’eng”, “Jui-ch’eng-hsien”, “Ruicheng”, “Ruicheng Xian”, “Zhuychei”, and “芮城县”
- Categories: town of China and locality
- Location: Yuncheng, Shanxi, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.70309° or 34° 42′ 11″ northLongitude
110.67911° or 110° 40′ 45″ eastPopulation
91,200Elevation
565 metres (1,854 feet)United Nations Location Code
CN RUCOpen location code
8P6GPM3H+6JOpenStreetMap ID
node 8282683167OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Wu Chinese—“Guwei” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “古魏”
- Chinese: “古魏镇”
- French: “bourg de Guwei”
- French: “Bourg de Guwei”
- Gan Chinese: “古魏镇”
- Japanese: “ゼイ城県”
- Japanese: “古魏鎮”
- Wu Chinese: “古魏镇”
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