1522 CE or 1552 CE
Zhishi-Xuanyue Gateway
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The Zhishi-Xuanyue Gateway marks the entrance to Wudang. UNESCO dates it to 1522, while China Daily gives Jiajing’s 31st year, 1552. The discrepancy remains unresolved.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- year · uncertain
- End
- year · uncertain
- Dating in the source document
- 1522 o 1552
- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
- The scale goes from 1 BCE to 1 CE without year zero. Changing era names changes labels only.
- Documentary review
- 2026-09-04
Reading the date: dating window; it does not mean the event lasted for that entire interval.
Sources
- 1. UNESCO — Wudang (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
- Pending verification: the source could not be accessed
- Bibliographic date checked
- 2026-09-23
The correspondence between this reference and individual claims has not yet been itemized.
- 2. China Daily — Zhishi Xuanyue (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
- Pending verification: the source could not be accessed
- Bibliographic date checked
- 2026-09-23
The correspondence between this reference and individual claims has not yet been itemized.
This record is an editorial synthesis. Consult the sources to check claims and their limits. Chronological relationships alone do not establish causation.