Jinci Temple, Lingshi 晋祠庙Jìncí Miào

About Jinci Temple, Lingshi

A small temple of about 1,400 sq m in Mahe village, begun under the Yuan in the Zhizheng era and repaired many times in the Ming and Qing. The main hall, dated 1343, and the square offering hall in front of it are Yuan buildings, while the gate stage, bell and drum towers and side halls are later. It is a different temple from Jinci in Taiyuan.

How to get to Jinci Temple, Lingshi

In Mahe village, Jingsheng town, about 9 km east of Lingshi and about 3 km south of the Wang Family Compound. Like many village temples in Shanxi it is often locked, so ask in the village for the caretaker.

Nearby

• Wang Family Compound 王家大院 under 10 km
  Fortified courtyard 'castles' of a Qing merchant and official clan on a loess hillside
• Mount Mian 绵山 under 10 km
  Cliff temples, plank walkways and gorges on the mountain of the Cold Food legend
• Shuanglin Temple 双林寺 40 km
  Some 2,000 painted clay Buddhas, saints and guardians crowded into ten temple halls
• Pingyao Ancient City 平遥古城 50 km
  An intact Ming walled town of courtyard inns, where China's first draft banks were born

Also within 20 km: Houtu Temple, Jingsheng 灵石后土庙 (under 10 km), Jingsheng Confucian Temple 静升文庙 (under 10 km), Huiluan Temple 回銮寺 (under 10 km), Zishou Temple 资寿寺 (under 10 km), Hongya Canyon 红崖峡谷 (under 10 km), Dongyue Temple, Jiexiu 介休东岳庙 (under 10 km).

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