Liúbà

Liuba lies amid the Qinling ranges north of Hanzhong, near Mount Zibai and the old roads across the mountains. A temple here commemorates Zhang Liang, the counsellor who helped Liu Bang found the Han dynasty. Tradition places his retreat on Mount Zibai. Because the old shrine stood high on the mountain and was difficult to reach, it was moved to the foot of the southern slope in the Ming. Successive additions under the Ming and Qing created a complex of courtyards among the wooded hills.