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Houtu Temple, Jingsheng 灵石后土庙Língshí Hòutǔ Miào
National heritage site · Jinzhong, Shanxi
- Time needed
- 30 minutes
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jinzhong
- Region
- Shanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Houtu Temple, Jingsheng
A one-courtyard temple dedicated to Nüwa, standing in farmland west of Jingsheng village, founded in 1266 and rebuilt in 1304. The offering hall and the three-bay main hall are Yuan buildings: the square offering hall has an elaborate caisson ceiling under a hip-and-gable roof, and the main hall has a front veranda. The gate, with its stage, and the flanking buildings were rebuilt in old style after modern concrete structures were removed.
How to get to Houtu Temple, Jingsheng
On the west side of Jingsheng village, about 8 km north-east of Lingshi and about 700 m south-west 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 40 km
An intact Ming walled town of courtyard inns, where China's first draft banks were born
Also within 20 km: Jingsheng Confucian Temple 静升文庙 (under 10 km), Jinci Temple, Lingshi 晋祠庙 (under 10 km), Zishou Temple 资寿寺 (under 10 km), Huiluan Temple 回銮寺 (under 10 km), Dongyue Temple, Jiexiu 介休东岳庙 (under 10 km), Hongya Canyon 红崖峡谷 (10 km).
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