Liuhou Temple

Liuhou Temple, located inside Liuhou Park in downtown area, built in commemoration of Liu Zongyuan, a famous politician, thinker and writer in Tang Dynasty, began building in the second year of Chang'an Period (822 A.D.) in the Tang Dynasty; it has a history of over 1,000 till now.

Liu Zongyuan, styled Zihou (773-819 A.D.), from Hedong (presently Yuxiang Town, Yongji City, Shanxi Province), He was a council of the Ministry of Rites in the Tang Dynasty, he was demoted because he participated in the political reform and failed it and lived in Liuzhou in his old age (815-819 A.D.). During his stay in Liuzhou, he abolished the slaves, promoted culture and education, cultivated farmland, dug wells and planted oranges and willows, he did many good deeds beneficial to the people, Song Weizong posthumously offered him as Wenhui Marquis at the late Northern Song Dynasty after he died in Liuzhou for three years, so the temple to memorize Liu Zongyuan is called Marquis Liu Temple. The present Liuhou Temple is rebuilt according to the construction features of Qing Dynasty, many cultural relic and historical materials are displayed in the temple, which affects biographical notes and political achievements.

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