Ebo Terrace (Fire God Terrace)
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An earthen platform where Ebo, a Shang-dynasty fire official, observed the Great Fire star. It is considered one of the earliest astronomical observation sites in China.
Ebo was a son of Emperor Ku, enfeoffed at Shangqiu as a 'fire official' to observe the Great Fire star (Antares) and set the farming calendar. After his death he was buried here, and the platform became known as Ebo Terrace or Fire God Terrace. It is about 10 meters high, and its summit holds the Ebo Temple, first built in the Yuan dynasty. The Fire God Terrace temple fair, held around the seventh day of the first lunar month, lasts about a month, and incense offerings are very popular. The site is about 3 km southwest of the old city, next to Suihuang Mausoleum, Shangqiu Museum and the Source of the Three Shangs, so the sites can be visited together.
Opening hours
About 08:00–18:00