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The Wu Family Shrines (), of which the Wu Liang Shrine is the best known, was the family shrine of the Wu clan of the
Virtual Tour of Wuzhai Shan Site, 2nd Century CE (v. 2.0)
University of California, Santa Barbara. {{China-stub Ancestral shrines in China Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Shandong Han dynasty architecture Cemeteries in China
The Wu Family Shrines (), of which the Wu Liang Shrine is the best known, was the family shrine of the Wu clan of the Eastern Han dynasty
The Han dynasty (, ; ) was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD), established by Liu Bang (Emperor Gao) and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) and a warr ...
. The shrines contain a vast amount of relief carvings.
Three walls of Wu Liang's shrine were still standing as late as the 11th century, which is the reason that the site of all the family shrines are often called after him. The shrine to Wu Liang (78-151 AD) was built in 151 AD in what is now Jiaxiang County
Jiaxiang County () is a county in the southwest of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Jining City.
The population was in 2011.
The cultural heritage site of the Carved Stones in the Tombs of the Wu ...
of southwestern Shandong
Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region.
Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...
province.
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* Barbieri, Anthony (2019)Virtual Tour of Wuzhai Shan Site, 2nd Century CE (v. 2.0)
University of California, Santa Barbara. {{China-stub Ancestral shrines in China Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Shandong Han dynasty architecture Cemeteries in China