Mingtang

Visitor information

Also known as

明堂

City

Luoyang

Coordinates

34.6813148, 112.4540598

About Mingtang

Mingtang is the main hall of the Ziwei City in Luoyang, also known as the "Wanxiang Palace" and "Tongtian Palace". It is one of the "Seven Heavenly Buildings" of Luoyang City in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It is a landmark building in Luoyang, the divine capital of the Tang and Wu Zhou Dynasties. It is 98 meters high and is the largest wooden building in the history of the world. It is known as "the pinnacle of Chinese ancient architecture", one of the "Four Wonders of the East" and the "eighth wonder of the world". At the beginning of the founding of the Sui Dynasty, Mingtang was planned to be built. In the spring of the third year of Chui Gong in the Tang Dynasty (687), Wu Zetian officially built Mingtang. It was completed the following year and was named "Wanxiang Temple". It was visited by the people.

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• Luanchuan Cymbidium (Huilan) Culture Industrial Park — 4A
• Luoyi Ancient City 3 — 4A

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