Gulou
Gulou District is a district of the city of Kaifeng, Henan province, China.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 136,000 residents
- Description: district of Henan Province, China
- Also known as: “Gulou District”, “Gulou Qu”, and “Gulou, Kaifeng”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Iron Pagoda and Dragon Pavilion.
Iron Pagoda
Photo: Windmemories, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Iron Pagoda of Youguo Temple, Kaifeng City, Henan province, is a Chinese pagoda built in 1049. Unlike the Yu Quan pagoda of Dangang, the Iron pagoda is so-named not because it is made of iron, but because its color resembles that of iron.
Dragon Pavilion
Heritage site
Photo: Windmemories, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Dragon Pavilion or Wanshou pavilion is located in Kaifeng in the eastern part of Henan province, People's Republic of China. During the Northern Song and Jin dynasties, Kaifeng was an imperial capital city.
Shanxi-Shaanxi-Gansu Guild Hall
Museum
Photo: 偶然好看, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shanxi-Shaanxi-Gansu Guild Hall is a museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Daxing and Liuyuankou.
Daxing
Suburb
Daxing Subdistrict is a subdistrict in Longting District, Kaifeng, Henan, China. As of 2018, it has 2 residential communities under its administration.
Liuyuankou
Town
Photo: Windmemories, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Liuyuankou is a town, which is situated 7 km north of Gulou.
Gulou
- Category: district of China
- Location: Kaifeng, East Henan, Henan, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Yue Chinese—“Gulou” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Gulou barrutia, Kaifeng”
- Chinese: “Kó͘-lâu-khu”
- Chinese: “鼓楼”
- Chinese: “鼓楼区”
- Chinese: “鼓樓區”
- Dutch: “Gulou”
- French: “district de Gulou”
- French: “District de Gulou”
- Gan Chinese: “鼓楼区”
- German: “Gulou”
- Italian: “Distretto di Gulou”
- Japanese: “鼓楼区”
- Korean: “구러우구”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kó͘-lâu-khu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gulou”
- Norwegian: “Gulou”
- Russian: “Гулоу”
- Spanish: “Gulou (Kaifeng)”
- Spanish: “Gulou”
- Swedish: “Gulou, Kaifeng”
- Swedish: “Gulou”
- Vietnamese: “Cổ Lâu, Khai Phong”
- Vietnamese: “Cổ Lâu”
- Welsh: “Ardal Gulou”
- Wu Chinese: “鼓楼区”
- Yue Chinese: “鼓樓區 (開封)”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gulou”. Photo: 江上清风1961, CC BY 3.0.