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Xiwangmu Ancestral Temple

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Open today at 8:00-18:00
Recommended sightseeing time:1-2 hours
Address:
Fukang, Changji, Xinjiang, ChinaMap
Phone0994-3526477
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20230723 In the afternoon: 1. The "Xiwang Mother Temple" is located in the "Tianshan Tianchi" in the 5A scenic spot. Tianshan Tianchi is a world-famous alpine lake and world natural cultural heritage. It is located at the foot of the highest peak "Bogda Peak" in the eastern Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang. It is called "Dianchi Lake" in ancient Chinese mythology. It is a place where the king's mother and wife bathed. It is 1980 meters above sea level and the surface area is 4.9 square kilometers. It was formed more than 2 million years ago by the Quaternary glacier activity, and there are Genghis Khan, Zhou Muwang, Sihanouk, Guo Moruo and Yu Youren in history. The scenic spot integrates alpine, lake, forest, waterfall, folk culture, and is divided into five areas: Kazakh folk customs garden, Tianchi, Xiaotianchi, Xiwangmu Temple, Lingshan Temple. ① Address: No. 501, Chaiyuer Road, Fukang City, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Private cars cannot enter, and the mountain road is very long and you must take a sightseeing bus. ② Transportation: No bus, driving is very good. ③ peak season: summer, autumn. ④ Time: 1 day. The name of "Tianchi" was first seen in the Qing Qianlong 48 (1783) Urumqi's third Dutong, Qianlong Emperor's niece bright title "Lingshan Tianchi Tonghe Canal Stele", Qing Dynasty spring and autumn will be held once a year to "Borghda Mountain" sacrifice. The ancient Qin book "Mu Tianzi Chuan" records that in 989 BC, the fifth monarch of the Western Zhou Dynasty and the first traveler recorded in Chinese classics, Zhou Mu Wang Jiman, set off from the capital of the country to Beijing to travel to the north, once on the shore of Tianchi Lake with the Western Wangmu mother song, and exchange gifts, so Tianchi is also called Dianchi. There were many temples and Taoist views near Tianchi, and there are only three left: Xiwangmu Temple, Fushou Temple, Lingshan Temple. 3, Western Wangmu Temple: located on the northeast bank of Tianchi, built in the early Yuan Dynasty famous Taoist view, the main king mother, so called "Niangniang Temple", three maintenance in history, recently destroyed in the Republic of China 21 years (1932) of the war, 1999 in the mountainside reconstruction, wide view. The ticket price for entering the temple is 10 yuan. If you are thirsty, there are 6 yuan for watermelons and 10 yuan for cantaloupe. The shore of the temple is the cruise ship terminal, and the boat returns to the north shore for 80 yuan.

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