Stone Sculptures on Yaowang Mountain
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Stone Sculptures on Yaowang Mountain [Photo:lotour.com] |
- Location: Yaozhou District of Tongchuan City, Shaanxi Province
Located in Yaowang Mountain, 1.5 kilometers east of the Yaozhou District of Tongchuan City, Shaanxi, Yaowang Mountain features seven grottoes of the Sui and Tang dynasties as well as Buddhist statues dating from the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty. Besides, it has 200 stone tablets (藥王山石刻) erected during the past dynasties, including the Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming.
Travel Tips:
1. Yaowang Mountain holds culture festivals on the Dragon Heads-raising Day and Double Ninth Festival;
2. It has many specialties shops and you can buy various kinds of local specialties.
- Hours: all day long
- Admission: 40 yuan
- Tel: +86-919-6581215/563/6580066
- How to get there: take bus from Xi'an to Tongchuan and get off at Yaozhou.
