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Nanzhao Tiezhumiao

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Open today at 9:00-20:00
Recommended sightseeing time:1 hour
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Midu, Dali, Yunnan, ChinaMap
Phone0872-8160489
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"Nanxun Iron Column Temple" a weight of two tons of more than three meters high, the circumference of more than one meter of large iron columns, is also the only one in the country! Casting in 872, more than 1,200 years! ​ This huge iron pillar has multiple jobs: researching the culture, religion, smelting technology of the ethnic minorities in the southwest...precious real thing! ​ This iron pillar experienced several houses falling down, the iron pillar was sloppy, not crooked, no rust, and Weizhen was beautiful. ​ The ancient trees in the Tiezhu Temple are towering, with sweet-scented osmanthus, magnolia and camellia plants shoulder to shoulder, and the nose is fragrant. Tiezhu Temple is located in Tiezhu Temple Village, Taihua Township, about 6 kilometers west of Midu County, Dali, Yunnan. Tiezhu Temple is the most famous monument in Midu County. Nanxun Tiezhu Temple anciently called "Tiezhu Temple" or "Tiezhu Temple", because of the iron column in the temple is famous, the iron column height 3.3 meters, the circumference 1.05 meters, weight about 2 tons. Nanxun iron pillar, cast in the Tang and Nanxun period, is not only one of the six key national cultural relics in Dali Prefecture, but also the only precious cultural relics in the country, which is heard at home and abroad. As for the reasons for the construction of the pillar, there are many legends. The most popular saying is that Zhuge Liang Pingding Nanman, handing over weapons, cast iron pillars to remember the work, and then being recast by Nan Yu Shi. Every year on the 15th of the first month of the lunar calendar, the Yi people gather the iron pillar temple to hold the sacrifice column activities together, which is a traditional local festival.

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