ancient ruins
Dazu Rock Carvings
A UNESCO collection of over 50,000 exquisite religious stone carvings from the 7th to 13th centuries in 75 cliff-side sites near Chongqing.
15 km · about 30 min drive
Chongqing, China · Asia
Gaoping is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Zhong’ao, 15km from Dazu Rock Carvings.
Gaoping is a town located in Chongqing, China. With a population of 13,523, it is an important destination in Asia.
On a road trip, Gaoping sits in China, where you drive on the right. It's in the Asia/Shanghai time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Gaoping to your route.
Gaoping (Chinese: 高平; pinyin: Gāopíng) is a county-level city in the southeast of Shanxi Province, China, under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Jincheng. It has a history stretching back to the Warring States period (403–221 BCE). Part of the city was formerly known as Changping where a noted battleRead more
took place in 260 BCE between forces from the rival States of Qin and Zhao.
Gaoping is also famed as the birthplace of Lord Yan, a legendary figure who was an early leader (or series of leaders) among the ancient Han Chinese.
Gaoping (along with several other locations in China) was traditionally identified as Yan's hometown. Not until the late 20th and early 21st century was Gaoping widely accepted as Yan's birthplace by the global scholarly community.
The hilly area around Gaoping is known as the Sheep's Head Mountains (Chinese: 羊头山), and it is this area that preserves the most concrete evidences of Yan's habitation there. A local temple to a female river spirit has been identified as portraying Yan's daughter Nüwa (Chinese: 女娃) - not to be confused with the goddess Nüwa (Chinese: 女娲) - since the Ming dynasty. Ancient sources, such as the Guo Yu, record that Yan and his posterity flourished in the area around a river called the "Giang [Jiang] Water". The river is believed by scholars to be the Giang River of old is now called the Jiang River (Chinese: 绛河) or the Jiang Water (Chinese: 降水), and is located in Tunliu County, whence it flows east into the Zhang River.
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Gaoping is located in Chongqing, China, Asia. The coordinates are 29.8410 latitude, 105.6666 longitude.
Gaoping has a population of approximately 13,523 people, making it a town in China.
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A UNESCO collection of over 50,000 exquisite religious stone carvings from the 7th to 13th centuries in 75 cliff-side sites near Chongqing.
15 km · about 30 min drive
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