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Tiantai An, Pingshun 天台庵Tiāntái Ān
National heritage site · Changzhi, Shanxi
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Changzhi
- Region
- Shanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Tiantai An, Pingshun
A small hall on high ground in Wangqu village that was long counted among China's four surviving Tang timber buildings, until repairs in 2014 turned up ink inscriptions dating it to the Later Tang (Five Dynasties) period, about 929–933. It is three bays wide, about 7 m square, on a stone platform about 1 m high, with a single-eave hip-and-gable roof, very plain brackets and a simple early roof frame. Only the hall and a worn Tang stele remain of the temple.
How to get to Tiantai An, Pingshun
It stands in Wangqu village in Beidanche township, about 20 km north of Pingshun county town. A heritage bus line links it with other old temples in the area.
Nearby
- Taihang Grand Canyon 太行山大峡谷 50 km
Sheer gorges in the Taihang Mountains, explored by boat, cliff path and cable car
Also within 20 km: Liaohetou Guandi Temple 潦河头关帝庙 (under 10 km), Dayun Temple, Pingshun 平顺大云院 (under 10 km), Yuanqi Temple 原起寺 (under 10 km), Lizhuang Confucian Temple 李庄文庙 (under 10 km), Lizhuang Martial Temple 李庄武庙 (under 10 km), Licheng City God Temple 黎城城隍庙 (10 km).
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