零陵柳子庙
全国重点文物保护单位、国家AAAA级旅游景区
Key cultural relicsunder state-level protection
National AAAA ScenicArea
柳子庙坐落在永州古城零陵潇水西岸柳子街中段，是永州人民为纪念唐代文学家、思想家、唐宋八大家之一柳宗元而建。始筑于北宋仁宗至和三年（1056），南宋始兴十四年（公元1144年），清朝光绪三年（公元1877年）重建。占地面积达2000多平方米，砖木结构，面对愚溪，背靠青山。历代碑碣甚多，其中《荔子碑》、《捕蛇歌》、《寻愚溪谒柳子庙》等堪称文物珍品。正殿后墙的石碑，亦是“三绝碑”，碑文为韩愈所撰，由苏轼书写，内容却是颂扬柳宗元的事迹，此碑首句为“荔枝丹兮焦黄”，故又名荔枝碑。
Liuzi Temple is located in the middle ofLiuzi street,which is on the west bank of Xiao river in Yongzhou. In commemoration of LiuZongyuan, the great philosoper, policician and literatus in the Tang Dynasty, one of the eight great prose masters in the Tang andSong Dynasties (Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Ouyang Xiu, Wang Ansh, Su Xun, Su Shi, SuZhe, and Zeng Gong)，it was first built in 1056 A.D. during theNorthern Song Dynasty, and underwent repairsand restoration in the Southern Song Dynasty(1144 A.D.) and Qing Dynasty Emperor Gangxu’s Regime(1877 A.D.) Liuzi Temple occupies an area of over 2000 square metres, with south-orientation,construction of bricks and woods. The stone tablets, such as Lizi Stele, Catch snake Stele ,Seeking Yuxiand visit Liuzi Temple, kept in Liuzi Temple are called the cultural relictreasures. The Lizi Stele behind thebackwall of the main hall, named from the first sentence of the inscriptionwhich including “red Lichi”. With the articles by Hanyu, calligraphy of SuDongpo, affairs related to Liu Zongyuan, the stele was described as “three uniqueness”.