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Xixi Erxian Temple 西溪二仙庙Xīxī Èrxiān Miào
National heritage site · Jincheng, Shanxi
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jincheng
- Region
- Shanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Xixi Erxian Temple
A temple to the two Yue sisters, also called Zhenze Palace, in a wooded valley just outside Lingchuan, with its back to a stream instead of the usual hill behind and water in front. Sixteen buildings from the Jin to the Qing stand in two courtyards; the rear hall and the two-storey dressing towers on either side are Jin-dynasty work, and 29 stone tablets include one carved with a poem by the Jin-dynasty writer Yuan Haowen. Old cypresses beside the offering hall have knots that local people read as the twelve zodiac animals.
How to get to Xixi Erxian Temple
In a valley by Lingchang village, about 2 km south-west of Lingchuan, the county seat.
Nearby
- Wanxian Mountain (Guoliang) 万仙山 30 km
A village that hand-cut a road through the cliff face - Taihang Grand Canyon 太行山大峡谷 30 km
Sheer gorges in the Taihang Mountains, explored by boat, cliff path and cable car
Also within 20 km: Chong'an Temple, Lingchuan 崇安寺 (under 10 km), Longyan Temple, Lingchuan 龙岩寺 (under 10 km), Quanshen Temple, Tianzhuang 田庄全神庙 (under 10 km), Nanzhao Confucian Temple 南召文庙 (under 10 km), Shizhang Yuhuang Temple 石掌玉皇庙 (under 10 km), Beima Yuhuang Temple 北马玉皇庙 (under 10 km).
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