Butterfly Tower (Hudie Lou)
蝴蝶楼
A Republican-era mansion of brick and timber with a main tower shaped like a butterfly with outspread wings, featuring delicate brick and wood carvings.
Butterfly Tower is located in the southwest of Bafang Thirteen Alleys. Built in the 1930s as a private residence for a local military and government figure, its main building has symmetrical wings and upturned eaves that, seen from afar, look like a butterfly spreading its wings. The brick carvings, wood carvings and painted decorations in the compound are well preserved, and together with Donggongguan it is considered representative of Linxia's Republican-era mansions. It is about a 10-minute walk from Bafang. Admission is confirmed on site, and a visit takes about 40 minutes.
Opening hours
About 09:00–18:00
Nearby sights
- Bafang Thirteen Lanes
- Linxia Prefecture Museum
- Hongyuan Garden
- Donggongguan Mansion
- Wanshou Guan Taoist Temple
- Hezheng Paleozoological Museum
- Bingling Temple Grottoes
- Liujiaxia Reservoir & Yellow River Three Gorges