The Ancient Observatory, also called Master Zhou's Observatory, situated 14 km from Dengfeng City at the southeast foot of Songshan Mountain, was built in 1276 and is the oldest observatory in China. The stone and tile builing is 13m high and is equipped with a 31m long stone sundial, composed by three parts - the obsertory body, silicon and slot. It is the most ancient astronomical observatory existing now in China. In 1961 it was listed into the emphatic preservation cultural relic in China and it is the famous astronomy science building in the world at present.

The Ancient Observatory was used not only to observe the movement of sun, but also it was used to record time and observe star in ancient times.

According to the historical materials, there were many astronomers who once went to the ancient observatory to have observation activities in various dynasties in Chinese history. We can say that the ancient observatory is the huge achievement of Chinese ancient astronomy science. If you are interested in science and Chinese history, we suggest you arrange a travel of the Zhongyue Songshan Mountain, after traveling the Shaolin Temple, the Pagoda of the Zhongyue Temple and the Songyang Academy, you may visit the ancient observatory.