Is Nanyue Temple open in the Spring Festival of 2022?

According to the people's government of Nanyue District, Hengyang City, Hunan Province, the official of Hengshan Scenic Area in Nanyue explained the opening of Hengshan Tourist Area in 2022. During the Spring Festival, Nanyue Temple in Hengyang will be closed to the outside world, and the specific recovery time is tentatively scheduled for February 9, 2022. Details are as follows.

Is Nanyue Temple open for Spring Festival in 2022?

Indoor scenic spots such as Nanyue Temple and Zhu Rong Temple and all religious activities in the whole region will be closed to the public from the morning of June 3, 20221Sunday (the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month)1. The reopening time is tentatively scheduled for February 9, 2022 (the ninth day of the first month), and the specific time will be notified separately; Outdoor scenic spots such as Yuehengshan Central Scenic Area, water curtain cave, Wanshou Dading and Zhu Rong Fire Culture Park are normally open during the Spring Festival, and the daily opening hours are 8:00- 17:30.

Attraction reminder

Nanyue Hengshan Scenic Area reminds visitors: Please enter the central scenic area from the Global Tourism Service Center, Konka Road Ticket Office, Xiling Ticket Office and Bailongtan Ticket Office; Ticket outlets in Li Antang, Longfeng, Daiwada and Huixian Bridge are temporarily closed. The scenic spot strictly follows the principle of "no entry without reservation" and implements the requirements of "limited quantity, reservation, peak shifting and one meter line". The single-day carrying capacity of the scenic spot does not exceed 75% of the total carrying capacity. Visitors should carry their ID cards, wear masks consciously, cooperate with temperature detection, and show their resident health codes, communication big data travel cards, etc. Enter the park in an orderly manner. Visitors are required to abide by the forest fire prevention regulations in the scenic spot, and it is strictly forbidden to bring all fire sources into the scenic spot. Please call the tourist service hotline 12345 if you need help.

Introduction of Nanyue Temple.

Nanyue Temple is the largest ancient architectural complex in the south of China, and it is known as "the first temple in the south of the Yangtze River" and "the Forbidden City in the south of the Yangtze River". According to the available data, it was built in the Tang Dynasty, and after six fires and sixteen renovations and expansions in the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, it reached the present scale of 98,500 square meters in the eighth year of Guangxu (1882). Nanyue Temple is divided into courtyards with nine entrances and four exits, surrounded by red walls and towering turrets. Seeing the mountain spring at first sight, it flows around the wall, quite like the style of the Forbidden City in Beijing. There are eight Taoist temples in the east of Nanyue Temple and eight Buddhist temples in the west. This is a unique temple in China. Every August 15, a grand temple fair is held here. Many overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia, Japanese Buddhists, and good men and women returning home are willing to come here to worship in Wan Li. So incense is burned here all year round.

This ancient palace-style building complex, the famous Nanyue Temple, is located at the northern end of Nanyue Ancient Town and at the foot of Chi Di Peak. It is the largest temple in southern China, the first of the five mountains, covering an area of 98,500 square meters. The age of this temple is unknown. The temple recorded in local chronicles was built in the 13th year of Kaiyuan in Tang Dynasty (AD 725). After six fires in Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was rebuilt and expanded sixteen times.