The 'Hua Xia Ancestral Temple'—Wa Huang Palace

Wa Huang Palace is located on Zhonghuang Mountain in Shexian County, Handan City, Hebei Province, covering an area of 5 square kilometers. It consists of five parks: the service area, Bution Garden, Bution Lake, Wa Huang Palace, and Bution Valley. It is the place in mythology where the goddess Nüwa 'created humans from clay and mended the sky with stones.' It is the largest and earliest ancient architectural complex in China dedicated to worshiping Nüwa, the progenitor of humanity. Wa Huang Palace was originally built during the Northern Qi dynasty, initially as a detached palace for Emperor Wenxuan of Northern Qi, Gao Yang. It started with three stone chambers and several carved divine statues. After renovations and expansions over the dynasties, Wa Huang Palace now covers an area of 760,000 square meters. Most of the existing buildings are from the Ming and Qing dynasties, while the Northern Qi relics are limited to grottoes and cliff inscriptions, totaling six parts, which are the earliest and most extensive among China's existing cliff inscriptions. Every year from the first to the eighteenth day of the third lunar month, the local temple fair and Nüwa worship ceremony take place. During this period, people from all over the country and overseas Chinese come to worship Nüwa, the cultural progenitor of the Huaxia people. It is the largest, earliest, and most influential historical and cultural relic of Nüwa worship in China, known as the 'Hua Xia Ancestral Temple,' and is one of the national ancestral worship sites. Tour route: Follow the sequence of Bution Garden, Nüwa Culture Park, Bution Lake, Stone Archway, Chaoyuan Palace, Bution Square, Nüwa Statue, Tingjun Palace, Guangsheng Palace, Lüxian Temple, and Fengxian Bridge. Ticket price: 70