Guangyuan

The hall that keeps an emperor's face ↗

Huangze Temple is the only temple in China dedicated to Wu Zetian. Its image, cliff carvings and river make a place where imperial memory and Buddhism overlap.

Holes in the rock above the Jialing ↗

Mingyue Gorge holds the holes of an ancient plank road, a modern highway and the Baoji-Chengdu railway in one narrow corridor above the Jialing.

The road that moved for a cliff ↗

Qianfo Cliff has been carved across dynasties. In 2025 a national highway was moved to avoid it, which makes the road part of the conservation story.