Listed sites in Shanxi 山西

585 scenic areas and heritage sites from the official lists, by city. 106 have a page of their own; the rest open as cards on the map.

Listed sites: 585
Rated 5A: 2
Rated 4A: 148
National heritage: 473
Region: Shanxi

The A-level rating is the national grading of scenic areas, 5A being the top tier; national heritage sites are the buildings, ruins, tombs and carvings protected by the State Council. Both lists are on the lists page.

5A scenic areas in Shanxi

Hongtong Locust Tree Ancestor-Worship Park 洪洞大槐树寻根祭祖园 5A scenic area
The park commemorates the Hongtong locust tree, remembered by families across northern and eastern China as the point of departure of the Ming-era resettlements from Shanxi, of which Ming records list 18 between 1373 and 1417.
Yunqiu Mountain 云丘山 5A scenic area · on the map
A mountain scenic area in Xiangning County, rated 5A in 2020, with a total area of 210 sq km, a core visiting zone of 35 sq km and a highest point of 1,629 m.

By city

Changzhi (87) · Datong (34) · Jincheng (80) · Jinzhong (72) · Linfen (60) · Lüliang (44) · Shuozhou (7) · Taiyuan (45) · Xinzhou (45) · Yangquan (19) · Yuncheng (92)

Changzhi 87 sites

Baolingshan Scenic Area 宝灵山 4A scenic area · on the map
A religious and forest-leisure scenic area at the foot of Longhu Mountain in Qinyuan County, built since 2002 by a local coal and coke group.
Danquan Town, Licheng 丹泉小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain-valley leisure resort developed since 2021 around Yuanquan village in Xijing town, Licheng County, beside the Taihang Number One scenic road.
Eighth Route Army Cultural Park 八路军文化园 4A scenic area · on the map
A themed park between Phoenix Hill and the Mamu River in Wuxiang, built to recreate the wartime life and campaigns of the Eighth Route Army through hands-on, high-technology displays.
Eighth Route Army Headquarters Sites 八路军总司令部旧址 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Three former headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang Mountains: Beicun in Lucheng District, used from October 1938 to July 1939, and Zhuanbi and Wangjiayu in Wuxiang, used between 1939 and 1942.
Happy Taihang Valley 欢乐太行谷 4A scenic area · on the map
A large leisure complex in Huguan County, east of Changzhi, that combines an amusement park, a water park (Jingwei Water World), an aquarium, a children's area, a hot-spring hotel and a farm.
Huangyadong Arms Factory Site 黄崖洞 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A gorge in the northern Taihang Mountains where the Eighth Route Army built an arms factory in the early 1940s, which Changzhi Daily calls its earliest and largest; the name comes from a natural cave in the cliff, about 30 m above the valley floor, that was used for storing weapons.
Lu Xun Art School Site at Xiabeizhang 鲁迅艺术学校下北漳旧址 4A scenic area · on the map
A wartime site in Xiabeizhang village, where teachers and students of the Lu Xun Art School's front-line branch and other wartime cultural groups worked in 1940.
Taihang Dragon Cave 太行龙洞 4A scenic area · on the map
A karst cave in Shiquan village in Panlong town, east of Wuxiang, with four levels and more than 2,000 m of passages, of which three levels are open.
Taihang Memorial Museum of the Eighth Route Army 八路军太行纪念馆 4A scenic area
A national first-class museum on the Eighth Route Army's war of resistance against Japan, opened in 1988 at the foot of Phoenix Hill in Wuxiang and enlarged in 2005.
Taihang Water Town (Chibi Xuanliu Gorge) 太行水乡·赤壁悬流 4A scenic area · on the map
A 12 km stretch of the Zhuozhang River gorge in the Taihang foothills of Pingshun County, named after 'Chibi Xuanliu' (red cliffs and hanging streams), one of the old 'eight sights' of the Taihang.
Tianji Mountain 天脊山 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain scenic area in the Taihang Mountains of eastern Pingshun County, near Yanglaoyan village in Dongsitou township, which borders Henan, with streams, pools and waterfalls running in its valleys through the year.
Tongtian Gorge 通天峡 4A scenic area · on the map
A gorge scenic area of about 65 sq km in south-eastern Pingshun County, in Hongtiguan and Dongsitou townships, which is also a national geopark.
Xi'er River Scenic Area 洗耳河 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain and river-valley scenic area of about 30 sq km in the Taihang Mountains of northern Licheng County, rising to Wuzhi Mountain at about 1,500 m.
Xiantang Mountain 仙堂山 4A scenic area · on the map
Xiantang Mountain is a scenic area in the hills north-east of Xiangyuan, centred on Xiantang Temple, a Buddhist temple traced to the Eastern Jin whose group of Ming and Qing buildings has been a provincial-level protected monument since 1996.
Zhangze Lake Wetland Park 漳泽湖国家城市湿地公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A landscaped wetland park on the edge of Zhangze Reservoir, which Changzhi promotes as the 'Taihang Heavenly Pond', on the north-western side of the city.
Zhenxing Town, Shangdang 振兴小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A rural-tourism complex built around Zhenxing village in Shangdang District, mixing family attractions with local folk culture.
Baofeng Temple, Tunliu 宝峰寺 National heritage site · on the map
A temple in Jicun village, Lucun township, Tunliu District, now reduced to a single courtyard of about 960 square metres, where it once had three.
Beihe Yandi Temple 北和炎帝庙 National heritage site · on the map
A small temple to the legendary Emperor Yan (Yandi, also known as Shennong) in Beihe village, Beicheng township.
Biyun Temple, Xiaozhang 小张碧云寺 National heritage site · on the map
A temple of three courtyards in Xiaozhang village whose main hall is a Song-dynasty building, three bays wide, with a single-eave hip-and-gable roof, deep eaves and widely spaced brackets.
Bucun Yuhuang Temple 布村玉皇庙 National heritage site · on the map
A Jade Emperor temple in Bucun village, Zhangzi County, with a front hall, an offering hall, a middle hall and a rear hall, and halls dating from the Song to the Qing.
Changning Great Temple 长宁大庙 National heritage site · on the map
Changning Great Temple, also known as Lingyuan Shengjing Temple (Sacred Well Temple), is a village temple in Changning village with a one-axis, two-courtyard layout.
Chongjiao Temple, Machang 马厂崇教寺 National heritage site · on the map
A temple in Guyi village, Machang town, in Luzhou District north of central Changzhi, with buildings from the Yuan to the Qing.
Chongqing Temple, Zhangzi 崇庆寺 National heritage site · on the map
Chongqing Temple is a small Buddhist temple on the slope of Ziyun Mountain, with hills on three sides and a tributary of the Zhuozhang River to the south.
Chunhua Temple, Pingshun 淳化寺 National heritage site · on the map
Only the Jin-dynasty main hall of this temple survives, standing in Yanggao village where the cleared temple grounds now form the village square.
Cuifujun Temple, Zhangzi 长子崔府君庙 National heritage site · on the map
The main hall of a temple to Cui Fujun, a judge-of-the-underworld deity widely worshipped in northern China, whom tradition places as a seventh-century magistrate of Zhangzi.
Dayun Temple, Pingshun 平顺大云院 National heritage site
A hill temple founded in 938 under the Later Jin, whose Buddha hall and small stone Qibao Pagoda are Five Dynasties work and among the very few buildings of that period left in China.
Dayun Temple, Qin County 沁县大云院 National heritage site · on the map
A small temple in Guocun village, of Song origin, where a stele of 1212 gives the name Dayun Chanyuan.
Dayun Temple, Wuxiang 武乡大云寺 National heritage site · on the map
A temple on a terrace in Gucheng town, on the site of the Eastern Han county seat of Nieshi, renamed Dayun Temple in 1064 under the Northern Song.
Dongyi Dragon King Temple 东邑龙王庙 National heritage site · on the map
A Dragon King temple in Dongyi village covering about 1,570 sq m in two courtyards, with a gate, a two-storey opera stage, a main hall and side halls.
Faxing Temple, Zhangzi 法兴寺 National heritage site
Faxing Temple rises in steps up the slope of Cuiyun Mountain, from the gate through a Tang stone pagoda to the Song-dynasty Yuanjue Hall.
Former Taiyue Military Region Headquarters 太岳军区司令部旧址 National heritage site · on the map
A group of ten cave dwellings in three connected courtyards, covering about 1,800 sq m, at Yanzhai village.
Fotou Temple 佛头寺 National heritage site · on the map
A small temple in Chedang village, Yanggao township, named for the hill behind it, whose outline resembles a Buddha's head.
Fuxi Temple, Zhongzhang 中漳伏羲庙 National heritage site · on the map
A small village temple to Fuxi, the legendary culture hero, standing on a hilltop south-east of Zhongzhang village.
Fuyuan Temple, Wuxiang 武乡福源院 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple in Beilianghou village whose main building is a two-storey Ming hall, three bays wide with an overhanging gable roof.
Guancun Yandi Temple 关村炎帝庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to the legendary Emperor Yan (Yandi, also known as Shennong) in Guancun village in the Laodingshan subdistrict of Changzhi, covering about 1,400 sq m.
Guanyin Hall, Changzhi 观音堂 National heritage site
Guanyin Hall is a Ming-dynasty temple in the western suburbs of Changzhi, begun in 1582 and repaired in the Qing, with two courtyards leading through a gate hall and an offering pavilion to the main hall.
Hongji Temple, Wuxiang 洪济院 National heritage site · on the map
A two-courtyard temple in Dongliang village with an opera stage, bell and drum towers, a Ming south hall and a main hall, and a side courtyard with a Guandi hall.
Hongjiao Temple, Nannieshui 南涅水洪教院 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple in Nannieshui village on two courtyards covering about 1,500 sq m.
Huguo Lingkuangwang Temple, Xiahuo 下霍护国灵贶王庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to Houyi, the mythical archer who shot down nine suns and was enfeoffed Lingkuang King by the Song emperor Huizong as a rain-bringing god; it was founded in 1122 on White Cloud Hill, among farmland.
Huilong Temple, Pingshun 回龙寺 National heritage site · on the map
A small temple beside the Zhuozhang River in Houbi village, of which only the main hall survives.
Huixian Daoist Temple 会仙观 National heritage site · on the map
A Daoist temple in Jianzhang village, founded in 1229 under the Jin and covering 2,263 sq m.
Jindeng Temple 金灯寺石窟 National heritage site
A temple of seven courtyards built along a cliff in the Taihang Mountains on the Henan border, with 16 caves carved mainly between 1504 and 1565, which the Changzhi government calls the largest surviving group of Ming-dynasty grottoes in China.
Jiutian Shengmu Temple 九天圣母庙 National heritage site · on the map
A hilltop temple of the Holy Mother of the Nine Heavens in Hedong village, Beishe township, founded under the Tang and rebuilt in the Northern Song.
Liaohetou Guandi Temple 潦河头关帝庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to Guan Yu (Guandi) in Liaohetou village, Huangniuti township, in a single courtyard of about 460 square metres.
Licheng City God Temple 黎城城隍庙 National heritage site · on the map
A City God temple in the centre of Licheng, moved to this site in 1025 with the county town and rebuilt in 1369 after a fire.
Lingzewang Temple, Taiping 灵泽王庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple in Taiping village, where an inscription on a front-eave column records its founding in 1210 under the Jin.
Lizhuang Confucian Temple 李庄文庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village Confucian temple: a small compound facing south, with a Jin-dynasty main hall (Dacheng Hall) and a middle hall and side halls of the Qing period.
Lizhuang Martial Temple 李庄武庙 National heritage site · on the map
Lizhuang Martial Temple is a temple to Guan Yu (Guandi), the deified Three Kingdoms general, in a two-courtyard compound that faces west.
Longmen Temple, Pingshun 龙门寺 National heritage site · on the map
A hillside temple of about 5,070 sq m at the foot of Longmen Mountain, also called Huiri Yuan, that keeps timber buildings from every period from the Five Dynasties to the Qing.
Lu'an Prefectural Office (Shangdang Gate) 潞安府衙 National heritage site
The surviving gate complex of the government office of Lu'an Prefecture, whose Shangdang Gate stands on a high platform flanked by a bell tower and a drum tower.
Lu'an Prefecture City God Temple 潞安府城隍庙 National heritage site
A City God temple founded in 1285 under the Yuan dynasty, laid out in three courtyards along a north-south axis in central Changzhi and covering more than 7,000 sq m.
Nannieshui Stone Carving Museum 南涅水石刻博物馆 National heritage site
A county museum on Erlang Hill beside the west source of the Zhuozhang River, showing more than 1,100 stone carvings from a hoard unearthed at Nannieshui village, dated from the Northern Wei to the Northern Song.
Pagoda of Master Minghui 明惠大师塔 National heritage site
A six-metre stone pagoda in Hongni village, the burial pagoda of Master Minghui, abbot of the long-vanished Haihui Temple, who was killed in 877.
Penglai Palace, Shishi 石室蓬莱宫 National heritage site · on the map
Penglai Palace is a group of Ming and Qing buildings just east of Shishi village in Lucun township, Tunliu District.
Puzhao Temple, Qin County 沁县普照寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple in Kaicun village which the Qianlong-era Qinzhou gazetteer records as founded in 488 under the Northern Wei and repaired under the Jin, Ming and Qing.
Sanjiao Hall, Yihe 义合三教堂 National heritage site · on the map
Yihe Sanjiao Hall is a village temple whose name means Three Teachings Hall; Changzhi Daily describes it as a folk-deity temple that brings Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism together.
Sanzong Temple, Beishe 北社三嵕庙 National heritage site · on the map
A Sanzong temple in Beishe village, Beishe township, Pingshun County, one of many across south-east Shanxi that honour Hou Yi, the legendary archer.
Sanzong Temple, Dazhonghan 大中汉三嵕庙 National heritage site · on the map
A Sanzong temple in Dazhonghan village, Changzhang township, Zhangzi County, one of many across south-east Shanxi that honour Hou Yi, the legendary archer.
Sanzong Temple, Nanyanghu 南阳护三嵕庙 National heritage site · on the map
A Sanzong temple in Nanyanghu village, Huangshan township, one of the many in south-east Shanxi that honour Hou Yi, the legendary archer.
Sarira Pagoda of Monk Xianshi 先师和尚舍利塔 National heritage site · on the map
A Tang-dynasty nine-storey pagoda of dense eaves, built for the relics of a monk named Xianshi, stands at Jinchan Temple on the western peak of Laoye Mountain, anciently Sanzong Mountain, in Tunliu District.
Shengmu Temple, Beiganquan 北甘泉圣母庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to the Holy Mother in Beiganquan village, Miaozhuang town, Pingshun County, in a single courtyard of about 1,100 square metres.
Shengshou Temple, Lingkongshan 灵空山圣寿寺 National heritage site · on the map
A small temple among old pines in the Lingkongshan forest reserve, founded under the Tang and laid out in five courtyards.
Tangwang Temple, Qianwanhu 前万户汤王庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple in Qianwanhu village, named for King Tang (Tangwang).
Temple of Yu the Great, Beishe 北社大禹庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to Yu the Great, the legendary tamer of floods, in Beishe village, Pingshun County, in a single courtyard of about 990 square metres.
Temple of Yu the Great, Xiqingbei 西青北大禹庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to Yu the Great, the legendary tamer of floods, in Xiqingbei village, Beishe township, Pingshun County, with Ming and Qing buildings.
Tianqiwang Temple, Xincun 辛村天齐王庙 National heritage site · on the map
Tianqiwang Temple stands at the eastern edge of Xin village in Dongyangguan town.
Tiantai An, Pingshun 天台庵 National heritage site
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.
Tianwang Temple, Zhangzi 天王寺 National heritage site · on the map
Tianwang Temple (Heavenly King Temple) stands in Zhangzi county town, where only its middle hall and rear hall survive, both of the Jin dynasty.
Tianxian Temple, Zhuangtou 庄头天仙庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple in Zhuangtou village, Jinzhuang town, Huguan County, in a single courtyard of about 1,550 square metres.
Weigong Temple, Xishe 西社卫公庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple to Li Jing, the Tang general enfeoffed as Duke of Wei, begun under the Yuan in Xishe village.
Western Zhou Tombs of the Marquises of Li 西周黎侯墓群 National heritage site · on the map
The cemetery of the marquises of Li, a small Zhou-period state in the Licheng area, lies beside Tapo Reservoir at Xiguan village; the national list dates the tombs from the Western Zhou to the Spring and Autumn period.
Wulong Temple, Xiangyuan 襄垣五龙庙 National heritage site · on the map
Wulong (Five Dragons) Temple is a small compound on the northern edge of Xiangyuan county town, of which only the main hall survives.
Xiangyuan Confucian Temple 襄垣文庙 National heritage site · on the map
Xiangyuan Confucian Temple is the surviving core of the county's old temple of Confucius, which was founded in the Jin dynasty and repaired in 1296 under the Yuan.
Xiayu Shrine, Pingshun 夏禹神祠 National heritage site · on the map
A shrine to Yu the Great, the mythical tamer of floods, built in 1336 under the Yuan on the highest ground of Houbi village and repaired in the Ming and Qing.
Xiyan Temple Pagoda, Shangdang 上党西岩寺塔 National heritage site · on the map
A Tang-dynasty brick pagoda in Sangzi village, Yincheng town, also known as the Zhangba Temple Pagoda.
Yaowang Temple, Hanfang 韩坊尧王庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple whose name means Temple of King Yao, with a Jin-dynasty main hall and a Qing-dynasty stage in a one-courtyard compound.
Yonghui Bridge, Xiangyuan 襄垣永惠桥 National heritage site · on the map
Yonghui Bridge is a single-arch stone bridge over the Gan River moat outside the north gate of Xiangyuan's old town.
Yuanqi Temple 原起寺 National heritage site
Yuanqi Temple is a small hilltop temple on Phoenix Hill, above the west bank of the Zhuozhang River near Xin'an village.
Yuhuang Temple, Changchun 上党长春玉皇庙 National heritage site · on the map
A Jade Emperor temple in Changchun village, Yincheng town, on two courtyards covering about 2,800 sq m.
Yuhuang Temple, Nansong 长治玉皇观 National heritage site · on the map
This temple to the Jade Emperor in Nansong village has a single courtyard on a south-facing axis, with a gate tower, an offering pavilion and the main hall at the back, and the gate tower and the east side hall date from the Yuan while the rest is Ming and Qing.
Zhangzi Confucian Temple 长子文庙 National heritage site · on the map
Zhangzi Confucian Temple is the county's old temple of Confucius, laid out in two courtyards along an axis of gate, Dacheng Hall and Minglun Hall.
Zhaozewang Temple, Guozhuang 郭庄昭泽王庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple to Zhaoze King, a Tang-dynasty swordsman of Xiangyuan surnamed Jiao who was later titled king and worshipped as a spirit with power over rain.
Zhaozewang Temple, Xiangyuan 襄垣昭泽王庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple in the south of Xiangyuan county town, also called Longdong Temple, on a single courtyard of about 170 sq m.
Zhaozewang Temple, Xixiazhuang 西下庄昭泽王庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple at Xixiazhuang, north-west of Licheng county town, with buildings dated from the Yuan to the Qing dynasties.
Zhengjue Temple 正觉寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple in Kansi village, founded in the Tang dynasty (827–835) and rebuilt in 1070 under the Song.
Zhenru Temple, Wuxiang 武乡真如寺 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple in Tuhe village, Hanbei township, whose inscriptions record its founding in 1323 under the Yuan and repairs in 1534 and 1738.
Zhenze Erxian Palace 真泽二仙宫 National heritage site · on the map
This large temple complex in Shenjiao village honours the two Yue sisters, known for their filial devotion and venerated as the Two Immortals, a cult that is popular around Huguan.

Datong 34 sites

Chehe Organic Community 车河有机社区 4A scenic area · on the map
A rural community in the hills of Hongshileng township, set up in 2013 around the villages of Upper and Lower Chehe and run as a showcase for organic farming.
Daquanshan Ecological Tourism Area 大泉山 4A scenic area · on the map
A loess-hill area south of Yanggao that was once bare, gullied slopes and is now about 69% forest, held up as a national model of soil and water conservation.
Datong Volcanic Group 大同火山群 4A scenic area · on the map
A field of more than 30 volcanic cones on the loess plateau in Yunzhou District, formed in the Quaternary period; the best known are Heishan, Jinshan, Langwoshan, Gelaoshan and Haotianshan.
Fantawild Adventure, Datong 大同方特欢乐世界 4A scenic area · on the map
A theme park on the eastern edge of Datong, one of the Fantawild chain, which opened in 2016.
Huayan Temple, Datong 华严寺 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A large Buddhist temple in the west of Datong's old city, founded in 1038 as a royal temple of the Liao dynasty and divided into an upper and a lower temple under the Ming.
Jinhuagong National Mining Park 晋华宫国家矿山公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A former coal mine west of Datong, now a national mining park of about 36 hectares and one of the first 28 in China.
Li'erkou Great Wall 李二口长城 4A scenic area · on the map
A stretch of Ming-dynasty Great Wall built of rammed earth in the 16th century, in the hills of Tianzhen County in the far north of Shanxi.
Mount Heng (Beiyue Hengshan) 北岳恒山 4A scenic area
Mount Heng is the northern one of China's Five Great Mountains, rising to 2,016.1 m at Tianfengling just south of Hunyuan; it took over the title of Northern Peak from a mountain in Hebei in the early Qing.
Pingxingguan Battle Site 平型关大捷景区 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The memorial site for the Battle of Pingxingguan of 25 September 1937, when the Eighth Route Army's 115th Division ambushed a Japanese column in the Qiaogou gully, an engagement that Chinese accounts treat as the first major Chinese victory after the full-scale war began.
Shanhua Temple 善化寺 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A Buddhist temple just inside the south gate of Datong's old city, popularly known as the South Temple, which keeps buildings from both the Liao and Jin dynasties.
Weidu Water World, Datong 魏都水世界 4A scenic area · on the map
A large leisure complex of about 600 mu (40 hectares) on the southern edge of Datong, developed from 2015 around a water park with slides, a wave pool and a lazy river.
Chanfang Temple Pagoda 禅房寺塔 National heritage site · on the map
A Liao-dynasty brick pagoda of seven tiers and eight sides on the summit of Ta'er Mountain (Zhangren Peak) south-west of Datong, beside the site of the Tang-founded Chanfang Temple.
Ciyun Temple, Tianzhen 慈云寺 National heritage site
A Ming-dynasty Buddhist temple in the middle of Tianzhen, laid out in three courtyards on about 5,600 m², which took its present name when the Xuande emperor (1426–35) granted it.
Datong Drum Tower 大同鼓楼 National heritage site
A three-storey timber tower with triple eaves, standing on a stone base on Yongtai Street in the middle of Datong's old city.
Datong Mass Grave Memorial 大同煤矿万人坑 National heritage site
A memorial museum at Meiyukou, south-west of Datong, built where the remains of miners were found in two natural caves; it records the forced labour used in the Datong coal mines during the Japanese occupation of 1937–1945.
Dayun Temple, Jingzhuang 荆庄大云寺 National heritage site · on the map
The surviving main hall of Dayun Temple, which the 1763 county gazetteer records as a Northern Wei foundation, in the village of Jingzhuang south-west of Hunyuan.
Former Shanxi Provincial Third Middle School 山西省立第三中学旧址 National heritage site
A school campus built between 1918 and 1921 on the Shili River west of Datong, in a blend of Chinese and Western styles, and used for schools until recently.
Guandi Temple, Datong 大同关帝庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to the war god Guan Yu in the old city of Datong.
Guanyin Hall, Datong 大同观音堂 National heritage site
A small Buddhist temple on a low hill west of Datong, first founded under the Liao dynasty and rebuilt in 1651 under the Qing.
Guchengbao Han Tombs 古城堡墓群 National heritage site · on the map
A cemetery of 58 Han-dynasty mounds scattered over about 19 km² around Gucheng town in Yanggao County, the mounds about 4–6 m high and still well preserved.
Hunyuan Confucian Temple 浑源文庙 National heritage site · on the map
The county's Confucian temple, founded before the Liao and Jin and rebuilt on a large scale in 1472, set on a north–south axis over about 15,580 m² in the old town of Hunyuan.
Jueshan Temple 觉山寺 National heritage site · on the map
A temple founded in 483 as a Northern Wei imperial temple and rebuilt in the 1880s, whose Liao-dynasty brick pagoda survived the 1626 earthquake that brought down the rest of the compound.
Lülüshen Temple, Hunyuan 律吕神祠 National heritage site · on the map
A shrine of the rain-bringing Lülü deity, worshipped as the Water Mother and her husband, in Shenxi village, inside the Shenxi National Wetland Park north-west of Hunyuan.
Nine-Dragon Wall, Datong 大同九龙壁 National heritage site
A glazed-tile screen wall decorated with nine dragons, built between 1392 and 1396 in front of the palace of Zhu Gui, the Prince of Dai and thirteenth son of the first Ming emperor.
Pingcheng Site (Northern Wei capital) 平城遗址 National heritage site · on the map
Pingcheng was the capital of the Northern Wei dynasty from 398 to 494, and almost all of it now lies under modern Datong.
Quhui Temple Stone Sculptures 曲回寺石像冢 National heritage site · on the map
A mound-like heap of stone blocks beside the ruined Quhui Temple, carved with Buddha figures in the style of the late Tang and partly covered by sand and gravel, in the village of Quhuisi on the Duyu river.
Shaliangpo Han Tombs 沙梁坡墓群 National heritage site · on the map
A cemetery of Han-dynasty frontier garrison soldiers on the slopes south of Tianzhen, known locally as Huangliangdui.
Shuishen Temple, Guangling 水神堂 National heritage site · on the map
A temple complex on a small hill beside the Huquan spring in the middle of Guangling, whose name covers a water-god shrine and a Buddhist hall, Dashi'an.
Tomb of Li Yumei 栗毓美墓 National heritage site
The walled tomb park of Li Yumei (1778–1840), a Hunyuan-born Qing river-control official remembered for his brick-dam method of flood protection, built by imperial order after his death.
Xingguo Temple, Pingcheng 平城兴国寺 National heritage site · on the map
A former Buddhist temple in the southern part of central Datong, founded in 1619 under the Ming and repaired in 1667 and 1765.
Yong'an Temple, Hunyuan 浑源永安寺 National heritage site
A Yuan-dynasty temple compound in the old town of Hunyuan, begun under the Jin, burned down and rebuilt in the early Yuan, with extensions and repairs under the Ming and Qing.
Yonggu Mausoleum 方山永固陵 National heritage site · on the map
The tomb of Empress Dowager Feng (Wenming), the Northern Wei regent who died in 490, begun in 481 on the southern part of the Fangshan hill north of Datong.
Yuanjue Temple Pagoda, Hunyuan 圆觉寺塔 National heritage site
A nine-storey octagonal brick pagoda of 1158, over 30 m high, in the old town of Hunyuan, known locally as the Little Temple Pagoda.
Yunlin Temple, Yanggao 云林寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Ming-dynasty temple built by imperial decree in the south-west of Yanggao old town, locally called the West Temple, of which the main hall, the Heavenly Kings Hall and side halls survive.

Jincheng 80 sites

Dayang Ancient Town 大阳古镇 4A scenic area · on the map
The old town of Dayang, famous in the Ming and Qing for hand-made needles and a national historic and cultural town since 2008.
Fushan Village 釜山村 4A scenic area · on the map
Fushan, in Sizhuang town, is a village restored for tourism around old Qing-dynasty courtyards, a Confucian temple and a reservoir with boats and a floating bridge.
Guoyu Walled Town 郭峪古城 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A walled Ming-era market village a short walk from Huangcheng Xiangfu, enclosed by a wall about 1.4 km round and 12 m high on average, begun in 1635, with cave-like chambers built into it.
Haihui Temple and Academy 海会寺 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Haihui Temple, at the foot of Dongfan Mountain, is known for its pair of brick pagodas: an early-10th-century pagoda that leans to the west and a Ming pagoda of 1565 with a glazed-tile balcony on its tenth level.
Lianghu Ancient Village 良户古村 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Lianghu is a Taihang village of Ming and Qing courtyard houses in the Dan River valley, a China Historic and Cultural Village since 2007, now run as a heritage site with a guesthouse in restored courtyards.
Lishan, Qinshui 沁水历山 4A scenic area · on the map
The Qinshui side of the Lishan range in the Zhongtiao Mountains, a national nature reserve and forest park of about 204 square kilometres with forest, cave systems, alpine meadow and canyon scenery.
Liu Family Houses, Xiwenxing 柳氏民居 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A hillside village of courtyard houses where the Liu clan, who trace their descent to the Tang writer Liu Zongyuan, have lived for centuries.
Mang River Scenic Area 蟒河 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested gorge area on the Shanxi–Henan border, set up as a national nature reserve and forest park mainly to protect rhesus macaques and subtropical plants, and nicknamed the 'little Guilin of the north'.
Mount Jue 珏山 4A scenic area · on the map
A steep twin-peaked hill on the south bank of the Dan River, climbed by a long flight of stone steps through successive gates to temple halls near the summit, built from the Song dynasty onwards.
Situ Town 司徒小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A tourist town in the north-east of Jincheng, built in Ming and Qing street style, with restaurants, shops, craft workshops, amusement rides and stage shows.
Tianguan Wang Mansion 天官王府 4A scenic area · on the map
Tianguan Wang Mansion is a cluster of old houses in Shangzhuang village associated with Wang Guoguang, a Ming minister of personnel (the 'tianguan' of the name), and opened to visitors in 2012.
Wangmangling 王莽岭 4A scenic area · on the map
Wangmangling is a cliff-edged part of the southern Taihang range on the Shanxi–Henan border, and the scenic area covers four zones, Wangmangling, Xiyagou, Kunshan and Liuxiu City, falling from about 1,700 m to about 300 m.
Xiangyu Old Fortress 湘峪古堡 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A fortified village on a hillside above a stream, built for the Sun family, three brothers who held senior posts under the late Ming, and completed in 1634.
Xicheng Mountain 析城山 4A scenic area · on the map
Xicheng Mountain is a karst summit on the north-west side of the Wangwu range, where a ring of cliffs with four gaps like city gates encloses a bowl of subalpine meadow, a landscape that is rare in northern China; the main peak is about 1,888 m.
Yandi Mausoleum, Gaoping 炎帝陵 4A scenic area · on the map
The Yandi Mausoleum at Zhuangli village is one of four places in China that hold a tomb of Yandi, the legendary Emperor Yan or Shennong, remembered as the teacher of farming and herbal medicine.
Yangtou Mountain and Grottoes 羊头山 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Yangtou Mountain rises to about 1,300 m where Gaoping meets Changzhi, and local tradition places Yandi's first sowing of grain here; the scenic area marks the sites of his legendary town, spring, well and field plot, with a lake and a ceremonial square at the foot.
Baiyu Palace 白玉宫 National heritage site · on the map
A temple at Jiaodi village, laid out in three courtyards along a south-facing axis about 100 m long, entered through a stage building that serves as the gate.
Beima Yuhuang Temple 北马玉皇庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple to the Jade Emperor in Beima village, Fucheng town, in a single courtyard of about 860 sq m.
Beiyicheng Yuhuang Temple 北义城玉皇庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple to the Jade Emperor whose main hall is an original Song-dynasty building, renovated in 1110.
Biluo Temple 碧落寺 National heritage site
Biluo Temple is a Buddhist temple built into the hillside at the foot of Biluo Mountain, founded in the Northern Qi and laid out in east, middle and west courtyards.
Chong'an Temple, Lingchuan 崇安寺 National heritage site
A Buddhist temple in the middle of Lingchuan county town, given its present name by imperial order in the 970s.
Chongming Temple, Gaoping 崇明寺 National heritage site
A Buddhist temple in a hill valley, laid out in two courtyards, whose central hall was begun in 971 in the early Northern Song.
Chongshou Temple, Zezhou 崇寿寺 National heritage site · on the map
Chongshou Temple is a Buddhist temple in Xigao village, Bagong township, recorded as a Northern Song-dynasty building.
Chuandi Buddhist Hall 川底佛堂 National heritage site · on the map
Chuandi Buddhist Hall is a tiny one-courtyard temple of about 233 sq m in Chuandi village, with a main hall, a gate and two side rooms.
Cuifujun Temple, Lingchuan 崔府君庙 National heritage site · on the map
Cuifujun Temple, also called Xianying Wang Temple, is a two-courtyard temple on a raised platform in Liyi town, dedicated to Cui Fujun (Cui Jue), a Tang-dynasty magistrate whom local people worshipped.
Dazhou Village Temples 大周村古寺庙建筑群 National heritage site · on the map
A group of six buildings spread through Dazhou village, dating from the Song to the Qing and listed as a national heritage unit in 2013: Zisheng Temple, Tangwang (King Tang) Temple, Yuandi (Zhenwu) Pavilion, Wuhu Temple, Baizi Bridge and a brick pagoda.
Diji Fortress 砥洎城 National heritage site · on the map
Diji Fortress is a walled settlement begun in 1638 on a rise in the Qin River, oval in plan and about 2.4 hectares in area, with a water gate to the river on the north and a land gate on the south.
Dinglin Temple 定林寺 National heritage site
A Buddhist temple halfway up a wooded hillside, with a two-storey gate pavilion, Leiyin Hall and Qifo Hall on its main axis.
Douzhuang Fortified Village 窦庄古堡 National heritage site · on the map
Douzhuang is a village on a bend of the Qin River that was fortified in the Tianqi era (1621–27) by Zhang Wudian, a Ming minister of war, and people still live in it.
Erlang Temple, Wangbao 二郎庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to the god Erlang on a hillock north of Wangbao village, with a stage, an offering hall and a main hall in one courtyard.
Fucheng Guandi Temple 府城关帝庙 National heritage site
A temple to Guan Yu (Guandi), the god of war and loyalty, in Fucheng village, founded in 1633 and repaired several times in the Qianlong era; it was listed as a national heritage unit in 2013 and is now laid out as a small park with a filial-piety gallery.
Fucheng Yuhuang Temple 府城玉皇庙 National heritage site · on the map
The Yuhuang (Jade Emperor) Temple at Fucheng is a Taoist temple of four courtyards climbing a hillside, founded in 1076 and rebuilt mainly in the Yuan dynasty, with halls from the Song to the Qing.
Gaodu Jingde Temple 高都景德寺 National heritage site
Jingde Temple is a two-courtyard Buddhist temple of about 3,400 sq m in Nanjie village, founded in 572 and long counted among the four great old temples of Zezhou.
Guobi Old Fortified Village 郭壁古堡 National heritage site · on the map
Guobi is an old market village on the west bank of the Qin River, with Ming and Qing courtyard houses (some 3,400 rooms), cave dwellings, seven temples, towers and ancestral halls, including eleven residences of jinshi graduates.
Guzhong Temple 古中庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to the legendary farmer-god Emperor Yan (Yandi, Shennong), once called the Shennong Crown Prince Shrine, in Zhongmiao village.
Hedi Chengtang Temple 河底成汤庙 National heritage site · on the map
Hedi Chengtang Temple is a one-courtyard temple to Chengtang, King Tang of the Shang, built up the slope in rising terraces at the edge of Hedi village.
Huaitan Guild Hall 怀覃会馆 National heritage site · on the map
A merchants' guild hall built in 1793–1802 by traders from three prefectures of northern Henan (Zhangde, Weihui and Huaiqing) who dealt in flour and cloth in the prefecture of Zezhou, now central Jincheng.
Ji Family House, Zhongzhuang 姬氏民居 National heritage site · on the map
A single small house in Zhongzhuang village, built in 1294 under the Yuan dynasty and dated by an inscription.
Jiaxiang Temple, Gaoping 嘉祥寺 National heritage site · on the map
Jiaxiang Temple is a two-courtyard Buddhist temple about 50 m west of Chixiang village, with a Jin-dynasty front hall, a Yuan-dynasty middle hall (the Vairocana Hall) and later side buildings.
Jidu Temple, Jiannan 建南济渎庙 National heritage site · on the map
Jidu Temple at Jiannan stands on the top of Cuiping Mountain, a three-courtyard temple to the god of the Ji River with a gate, an offering hall, a middle hall and a rear hall, bell and drum towers and side halls.
Jidu Temple, Xidun 西顿济渎庙 National heritage site
Jidu Temple at Xidun is a one-courtyard temple to the god of the Ji River, one of the four great rivers of old Chinese tradition with the Yangtze, Yellow and Huai.
Jincheng Erxian Temple 晋城二仙庙 National heritage site
A Song-dynasty temple to the two Yue sisters, local deities of south-east Shanxi, laid out in two courtyards in Xiaonan village.
Kaifu Temple, Yangcheng 开福寺 National heritage site · on the map
Kaifu Temple is an old Buddhist temple in Yangcheng county town, where a Jin-style scripture pavilion, a Yuan-style main hall and a Ming-style stage survive.
Kaihua Temple, Gaoping 开化寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple on the wooded slope of Sheli Mountain, whose main hall (Daxiong Hall) was begun in 1073.
Longyan Temple, Lingchuan 龙岩寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple in Liangquan village, laid out in an upper and a lower courtyard on a plot of about 1,900 sq m.
Nanshentou Erxian Temple 南神头二仙庙 National heritage site · on the map
A small temple to the two Yue sisters in a fold of the hills south of Shigeluan village in Lingchuan County, built as a single courtyard.
Nanzhao Confucian Temple 南召文庙 National heritage site · on the map
A Confucian temple in Nanzhao village, built in a single courtyard of about 900 sq m.
Qinghua Temple, Tuandong 团东清化寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple in the middle of Tuandong village, founded in the Tang dynasty according to surviving fragments of stelae and repaired under the Yuan, Ming and Qing.
Qinglian Temple 青莲寺 National heritage site
Qinglian Temple, founded in the Northern Qi dynasty, stands on the lower slope of Xiashi Mountain in two courts, the lower and upper temples, joined by a mountain path of about 500 m.
Qingmeng Daoist Temple, Gaoping 清梦观 National heritage site · on the map
A Daoist temple in Tielu village, recorded on its stelae as founded in 1261, with two courtyards on a north-south axis.
Quanshen Temple, Tianzhuang 田庄全神庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple to "all the gods" in Tianzhuang village, with a stage building, a main hall, side halls and a bell tower.
Runcheng Dongyue Temple 润城东岳庙 National heritage site · on the map
Runcheng Dongyue Temple is a temple to the Dongyue god in Runcheng village, with Song-dynasty origins and a rebuilding of 1593 recorded on its steles.
Sanjiao Hall, Sirun 寺润三教堂 National heritage site · on the map
A small temple to the "three teachings" of Buddhism, Daoism and Confucianism in Sirun village, of which only the main hall survives.
Sansheng Ruixian Pagoda 三圣瑞现塔 National heritage site · on the map
A square, thirteen-tier brick pagoda of the Jin dynasty with closely stacked eaves, about 30 m high and 6 m along each side at the base, standing in the Zhaoqing Yuan temple compound in Jishan village.
Sanzong Temple, Sanwang 三王村三嵕庙 National heritage site
A temple to the mythical archer Hou Yi, worshipped in south-east Shanxi as Sanzong, on a slope south of Sanwang village.
Shicun Dongyue Temple 史村东岳庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple to the Dongyue god, the Eastern Peak deity of Mount Tai, in Shicun, Xiacun township.
Shizhang Yuhuang Temple 石掌玉皇庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple to the Jade Emperor in Shizhang village, Lingchuan County, listed as a national heritage unit in 2006.
Shousheng Temple and Glazed Pagoda, Yangcheng 寿圣寺及琉璃塔 National heritage site · on the map
Shousheng Temple is a Buddhist temple in Yangling village, Qinchi township, known for its glazed brick pagoda, recorded as built in 1608.
Shuidong Cuifujun Temple 水东崔府君庙 National heritage site
Shuidong Cuifujun Temple is a village temple to Cui Fujun, a Tang-dynasty magistrate whom villagers worshipped as a deity, listed as a national monument in 2013 with buildings dated from the Yuan to the Qing dynasty.
South and North Jixiang Temples 南、北吉祥寺 National heritage site · on the map
Two Buddhist temples about 2 km apart in Liyi township, listed together as a single national monument.
Tangdi Temple, Dayang 大阳汤帝庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to Tang, the founder of the Shang dynasty, in the old town of Dayang, built in two courtyards on about 3,000 square metres.
Tangdi Temple, Pingshang 坪上汤帝庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple to Tang, the founder of the Shang dynasty, in Pingshang village in Zhoucun town.
Tangdi Temple, Xiajiao 下交汤帝庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple to Tang, the founder of the Shang dynasty, in the north of Xiajiao village.
Tanlingtou Dai Temple 坛岭头岱庙 National heritage site · on the map
Tanlingtou Dai Temple stands on a mound north of Tanlingtou village in Beiyicheng township, listed as a national monument in 2013 with buildings dated to the Jin and Qing dynasties.
Tiefo Temple, Gaoping 铁佛寺 National heritage site · on the map
Tiefo (Iron Buddha) Temple is a one-courtyard temple in Mixi village, known for the Ming-dynasty painted clay figures in its main hall: a Buddha with two bodhisattvas, the Twenty-Four Devas ranged along the side walls and a hanging sculpture of scenes from Journey to the West behind.
Wanshou Palace, Dongfeng 董峰万寿宫 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to the local holy woman Ma Xiangu, known as Shenggu, in Shang Dongfeng village, founded in 1284 according to an inscription.
Xianweng Temple, Bofang 仙翁庙 National heritage site · on the map
A Daoist temple in Bofang village dedicated to Zhang Guolao, one of the Eight Immortals, built as a single courtyard with a gate, a tower, an offering hall and the main hall.
Xiaohuiling Erxian Temple 小会岭二仙庙 National heritage site
A temple to the two Yue sisters on a ridge about 800 m south-east of Xiaohui village, built as a single courtyard about 50 m by 25 m.
Xilimen Erxian Temple 西李门二仙庙 National heritage site
A temple to the two Yue sisters in Xilimen village, built round two courtyards covering 2,748 square metres.
Xixi Erxian Temple 西溪二仙庙 National heritage site
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.
Xuansheng Temple, Shimo 石末宣圣庙 National heritage site · on the map
A Confucian temple in the middle of Shimo village, founded in 1304.
Xuezhuang Yuhuang Temple 薛庄玉皇庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple to the Jade Emperor on the north-west side of Xuezhuang village, with buildings that range from the Yuan to the Qing dynasty.
Yangcheng Confucian Temple 阳城文庙 National heritage site · on the map
Yangcheng Confucian Temple is a two-courtyard temple in the south-east of the old county town, first built in the Song, rebuilt in the Ming and repaired in 1839 after its main hall was destroyed in 1689.
Yinxi Dongyue Temple 尹西东岳庙 National heritage site · on the map
Yinxi Dongyue Temple is a village temple to the Dongyue god on the east side of Yinxi village, Beiyicheng township, listed as a national monument in 2013.
Youxian Temple 游仙寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple laid out in three courtyards up a hillside, with a gate, the Chunqiu Tower, and Pilu, Sanfo and Qifo halls on its axis.
Yuhuang Temple, Nanzhuang 南庄玉皇庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to the Jade Emperor on a hill beside Nanzhuang village, built in an upper and a lower courtyard up the slope.
Yuquan Dongyue Temple 玉泉东岳庙 National heritage site · on the map
Yuquan Dongyue Temple is a single-courtyard temple of about 2,400 sq m on the east side of Yuquan village, laid out along one axis with a stage-gate building, a prayer hall and the main hall, flanked by side towers and rooms.
Zezhou Dai Temple 泽州岱庙 National heritage site
Zezhou Dai Temple is a hillside temple to the Mount Tai god in Yedi village, which holds national-level status as a historic and cultural village.
Zhongping Erxian Palace 中坪二仙宫 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to the two Yue sisters on the south slope of Cuiping hill, north-west of Zhongping village.
Zhoucun Dongyue Temple 周村东岳庙 National heritage site · on the map
Zhoucun Dongyue Temple stands on a high platform on the north side of Zhoucun, with five halls in a row at the back joined by long covered corridors, and a stage building flanked by bell and drum towers facing the main hall across the courtyard.

Jinzhong 72 sites

Chang Family Manor 常家庄园 4A scenic area
The fortified manor of the Chang family, Qing-dynasty merchants who traded tea to Russia, in Chewang village south-west of Yuci.
Dazhai 大寨 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A village in the Taihang foothills that was promoted nationwide in the 1960s and 1970s as a national model for agricultural production, under the slogan "In agriculture, learn from Dazhai".
Eighth Route Army Headquarters Memorial, Matian 麻田八路军总部纪念馆 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
From 1941 to 1945 the Eighth Route Army's front headquarters and the Communist Party's Northern Bureau were based at Matian, a village in the Taihang mountains near the Hebei border.
Hongya Canyon 红崖峡谷 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested canyon in the Taiyue range, named for the red rock of its steep cliffs, and one of the scenic areas of Taiyueshan National Forest Park.
Hougou Ancient Village 后沟古村 4A scenic area · on the map
A loess-plateau farming village in Dongzhao township, near the border with Shouyang county, where the houses are cave dwellings cut into the hillsides in stone, earth and brick.
Jiulong International Cultural and Ecological Tourism Park 九龙国际文化生态旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
A leisure and holiday resort of about 3,900 mu (some 2.6 sq km) in the hills of Yuci District, close to Taiyuan.
Mount Shigao 石膏山 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested mountain scenic area in the Taiyue range, rising to 2,532 m, of which about 20 of its 75 sq km are open to visitors.
Taihang Longquan Scenic Area 太行龙泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A large national forest park and scenic area in the Taihang Mountains south of Zuoquan, with a waterfall, lakes, temples and an alpine meadow.
Wujin Mountain National Forest Park 乌金山国家森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested mountain park on the boundary between Taiyuan and Yuci, run as a leisure resort that combines religious sites, walking paths and an amusement park.
Xiaohe Lotus Bay 潇河莲花湾 4A scenic area · on the map
A riverside leisure area on the Xiaohe River in south-east Yuci, laid out around 2020 as the first part of the planned Xiaohe Arts Town.
Xiaoxigou Tourist Town 小西沟文旅康养小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A purpose-built tourist town that opened in July 2021 on the site of a former quarry in the hills east of Taiyuan, after the quarry had been cleaned up and replanted.
Yuci Old Town 榆次老城 4A scenic area · on the map
A large quarter built from around 2000 on the site of the old Yuci county town and laid out as old-style streets.
Zhangbi Castle 张壁古堡 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A walled fortress village with gullies on three sides and a convex-shaped wall about 374 m by 244 m, entered through a barbican at its north gate.
Zhaoyu Ancient City 昭馀古城 4A scenic area · on the map
The old centre of Qi County, a town on the Great Tea Road whose Ming and Qing courtyard houses have been renovated for visitors.
Zhenguo Temple 镇国寺 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A Buddhist temple in Haodong village, listed with Pingyao Ancient City and Shuanglin Temple as part of the 1997 World Heritage site.
Anchan Temple 安禅寺 National heritage site · on the map
A temple in the old town of Taigu, founded in 857 under the Tang, of which two buildings survive.
Baiyun Temple, Liangjiatan 梁家滩白云寺 National heritage site
A hillside temple on Baofeng Mountain west of Liangjiatan village, founded in the Tang dynasty and anciently called Xiyu Temple, built along the slope and cliff over about 7,800 sq m.
Cao Family Mansion 曹家大院 National heritage site · on the map
The mansion of the Cao family, a Jin merchant family, in Beiguang village, also called Sanduotang.
Chongjiao Temple, Xiyang 昔阳崇教寺 National heritage site · on the map
A small temple in the north of Xiyang county town, founded in 1069 under the Northern Song and grouped with Shousheng Temple as the "North Temples" by 1381.
Chongsheng Temple 崇圣寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple on Chanyin Mountain in Shangchiyu village, founded in the Tang dynasty, renamed Chongsheng in the Northern Song and rebuilt under the Jin.
Cisheng Temple, Xiangyuan 襄垣慈胜寺 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple in Xiangyuan with two courtyards, an opera stage and the main hall on its central axis, and meditation courtyards on either side.
City God Temple, Jiexiu 介休城隍庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple on East Street built in 1370 and extensively repaired in 1495, whose gate, opera stage, bell and drum towers, main hall, side halls and galleries are all decorated with coloured glazed tile.
City God Temple, Pingyao 平遥城隍庙 National heritage site
A three-courtyard temple complex of about 7,300 sq m in which the City God temple stands on the main axis, with a Kitchen God temple and a God of Wealth temple to either side.
Cixiang Temple 慈相寺 National heritage site
A Buddhist temple in Jiguo village whose three courtyards run north from the gate through a Guandi shrine and bell and drum towers to the main hall and the Lutai Pagoda.
Dongyue Temple, Jiexiu 介休东岳庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to the Eastern Peak in Xiaojin village, rebuilt in 1270 under the Yuan dynasty after an earlier founding of unknown date.
Former Residence of Kong Xiangxi 孔家大院 National heritage site
A Qing-period gentry house in the old town of Taigu that the banker and Nationalist finance minister Kong Xiangxi (Kung Hsiang-hsi), a Taigu native, bought in 1930.
Former Residence of Lei Lütai 雷履泰旧居 National heritage site · on the map
The former home of Lei Lütai, co-founder and first general manager of the Rishengchang draft bank, built in the Daoguang period of the Qing (1821–1850) as a typical Pingyao courtyard house.
Futian Temple 福田寺 National heritage site · on the map
A compact Buddhist temple of about 800 sq m in Heishui village, Pingtou town, founded in the Tang dynasty and rebuilt in 1333 under the Yuan.
Fuxiang Temple, Yushe 福祥寺 National heritage site · on the map
A temple founded in 946 under the Later Jin on the north shore of Yunzhu Reservoir, with water on three sides.
Guanghua Temple 光化寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple in Baicheng village, founded in the Tang dynasty as Longxing Temple and given its present name by imperial decree in 999.
Hongfu Temple, Liangcun 梁村洪福寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple in Liangcun village founded in 713 under the Tang and repaired repeatedly in the Ming, Qing and Republican periods.
Houtu Temple, Jiexiu 介休后土庙 National heritage site
A large Taoist temple complex of about 9,000 square metres in the north-west corner of Jiexiu's old town, extended in 1516 and given its present layout in 1730.
Houtu Temple, Jingsheng 灵石后土庙 National heritage site
A one-courtyard temple dedicated to Nüwa, standing in farmland west of Jingsheng village, founded in 1266 and rebuilt in 1304.
Huiji Bridge, Pingyao 平遥惠济桥 National heritage site · on the map
A stone arch bridge on nine piers over the Huiji River, 80 m long and 7.4 m wide, built in 1671 under the Kangxi emperor.
Huiluan Temple 回銮寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple in Xingdi village at the foot of Mount Mian, founded in the Tang dynasty and rebuilt in 1133 under the Jin.
Jinci Temple, Lingshi 晋祠庙 National heritage site
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.
Jingsheng Confucian Temple 静升文庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village Confucian temple founded in the 1330s under the Yuan, with its present buildings from the Qing, set out in three parallel strings of courtyards just north of Jingsheng's central crossroads.
Jingxin Temple 净信寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple in Yangyi village beside the S319 provincial road, founded in the Tang dynasty and now made up of Ming and Qing buildings on two courtyards.
Jinzhuang Confucian Temple 金庄文庙 National heritage site · on the map
A three-courtyard Confucian temple of about 1,000 sq m in Jinzhuang village, first built in 1315 under the Yuan and rebuilt several times in the Ming and Qing.
Lixiang Temple, Xiyang 昔阳离相寺 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple in Chuankou, Zhaobi township, whose buildings range in date from the Song to the Qing dynasty.
Liyinghou Temple 利应侯庙 National heritage site
A small Yuan-dynasty temple beside Zhenguo Temple in Haodong village, dedicated to Hu Tu, a Jin state official of the Spring and Autumn period.
Longfu Temple, Nanzheng 南政隆福寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple in Nanzheng village founded in 1298 under the Yuan, repaired in the Ming and again in 1800, on two courtyards of about 2,900 sq m.
Mengjiagou Longquan Temple 孟家沟龙泉寺 National heritage site · on the map
A hillside temple of about 2,400 sq m at Mengjiagou village, begun in the Tianqi period of the Ming dynasty.
Miaojue Temple, Xincun 新村妙觉寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple in Xincun village built in the Ming and Qing dynasties, with its Qianfo (Thousand Buddhas) Hall of the Qing and other buildings in Ming style.
Mingxian School Site, Taigu 山西铭贤学校旧址 National heritage site · on the map
The old campus of Mingxian School, which Kong Xiangxi founded in Taigu in 1907 in memory of Oberlin missionaries killed in the Boxer uprising of 1900.
Nanshen Temple, Gankeng 干坑南神庙 National heritage site
A temple dedicated to the Bodhisattva of Light in Gankeng village, rebuilt in the Ming dynasty and known in turn as Yeshu Furen Temple, Nanshen Temple and today Yuanxiang Temple.
Pingyao Confucian Temple 平遥文庙 National heritage site
A Confucian temple in the south-east corner of Pingyao Ancient City whose Dacheng Hall dates from 1163 under the Jin dynasty, with later Ming and Qing buildings around it.
Pingyao Market Tower (Shilou) 平遥市楼 National heritage site
A three-eaved timber tower, 18.5 m high, that stands over South Street in the middle of Pingyao Ancient City, with a roof of yellow and green glazed tiles.
Puguang Temple 普光寺 National heritage site · on the map
A small Buddhist temple of about 1,100 sq m in Baidao village, Xiluo town.
Puming Temple, Changze 长则普明寺 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple in Changze, repaired in the Ming dynasty.
Puzhao Temple, Siping 寺坪普照寺 National heritage site · on the map
The surviving main hall of a temple founded in the Later Jin dynasty and repaired in the Ming and Qing, in Siping village.
Qingliang Temple, Pingyao 平遥清凉寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple in Yongcheng village, founded in 1342 under the Yuan and repaired in the Ming and Qing.
Qingxu Temple, Pingyao 清虚观 National heritage site
A Taoist temple complex just inside the east gate of Pingyao's town wall, traditionally founded in 657 in the Tang dynasty and given its present name in 1064.
Qu Family Compound 渠家大院 National heritage site · on the map
The home of the Qu family, Qing-dynasty merchants of Qi County, built from the Qianlong reign and reaching its present size by 1925.
Rishengchang 日升昌票号旧址 National heritage site
The former headquarters of Rishengchang, regarded as China's first draft bank (piaohao), which grew out of a dye business and began issuing drafts cashable at branches in other cities in the early nineteenth century.
Shima Temple Grottoes 石马寺石窟 National heritage site · on the map
A group of rock-cut Buddhist carvings at Shima village, with more than a thousand surviving stone images dating from the Northern and Southern Dynasties to the Tang.
Shitie Tombs 什贴墓群 National heritage site · on the map
A group of six earth-mounded tombs of the Northern Qi grand marshal Han Gui and his family, listed as a national heritage unit.
Shousheng Temple, Weize 苇则寿圣寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Yuan-dynasty temple in Weize village, Tongyu town, standing in front of the village primary school.
Taiheyan Glazed Archway 太和岩牌楼 National heritage site · on the map
A glazed-tile archway of 1897 in Beixinwu village, built by a local merchant as the front gate of a Zhenwu temple that has since disappeared.
Wubian Temple 无边寺 National heritage site
A walled temple in the old town of Taigu, best known for its White Pagoda, a hollow octagonal brick pagoda built in 1090 under the Northern Song.
Wuyue Temple, Jiexiu 介休五岳庙 National heritage site
A temple in the south-east of Jiexiu's old town, founded in 1456, destroyed in 1750 and rebuilt in 1763, on a site of about 4,100 square metres.
Xianshenlou 祆神楼 National heritage site
A pavilion-style tower over the street, combining a gateway, a stage tower and an overhead passage, first built in 1048 as part of a Zoroastrian temple and regarded as the only surviving Zoroastrian building in China.
Xingfan Temple 兴梵寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Song-dynasty hall, all that remains of a temple founded in 1025 at Xiguan village and moved to its present site in 1687.
Yiji Holy Mother Temple 懿济圣母庙 National heritage site · on the map
A hillside temple complex of about 8,400 sq m on a ridge south-east of Heshan village, founded in the Song dynasty and repaired in 1321 and 1338 under the Yuan.
Yongfu Temple, Beiyijian 北依涧永福寺 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple in Beiyijian whose through-hall, between the Heavenly King hall and the main hall, was rebuilt in 1469 and is the listed building.
Yuanshen Temple, Jiexiu 洪山源神庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple beside the Hongshan spring at the foot of Huqi Mountain, protected by the province in 2004 and by the State Council in 2013.
Yuanzhi Temple, Fancun 范村圆智寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple in Fancun town.
Yuci City God Temple 榆次城隍庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple of about 6,000 square metres on East Street, founded in 1362 in the Yuan dynasty and moved to its present site in 1431, with its final layout in place by 1523.
Zhenhe Tower 祁县镇河楼 National heritage site · on the map
A Ming-dynasty tower in Jialing village, known locally as Silou Men.
Zhensheng Temple 真圣寺 National heritage site · on the map
A small Buddhist temple in Pifu village.
Zishou Temple 资寿寺 National heritage site
A Buddhist temple in Suxi village, founded in the Tang, burned at the end of the Jin, rebuilt in 1467 after lying derelict in the early Ming and brought to its present scale in 1622.
Zuoquan Confucian Temple 左权文庙 National heritage site · on the map
The former Confucian temple of Liaozhou, now in the county town of Zuoquan, where the Dacheng Hall was rebuilt in 1297 under the Yuan and is the only original building left.

Linfen 60 sites

Hongtong Locust Tree Ancestor-Worship Park 洪洞大槐树寻根祭祖园 5A scenic area
The park commemorates the Hongtong locust tree, remembered by families across northern and eastern China as the point of departure of the Ming-era resettlements from Shanxi, of which Ming records list 18 between 1373 and 1417.
Yunqiu Mountain 云丘山 5A scenic area · on the map
A mountain scenic area in Xiangning County, rated 5A in 2020, with a total area of 210 sq km, a core visiting zone of 35 sq km and a highest point of 1,629 m.
Baishan Dongyue Temple, Pu County 柏山东岳庙 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A large temple to the Lord of Mount Tai (Dongyue) on wooded Baishan hill east of Pu county town, with roots in the Tang and rebuilt in 1316–18 after the 1303 Pingyang earthquake.
Fenhe Culture and Ecology Scenic Area, Linfen 汾河文化生态景区 4A scenic area · on the map
A riverside park about 17 km long along the Fen River through Linfen, laid out around the idea of one river, five lakes, ten gardens and eighteen views.
Former Taiyue Administrative Office, Xiaoli Village 太岳行署旧址 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The former seat of the Taiyue Administrative Office, a regional wartime government for the Taiyue mountains of southern Shanxi, in Xiaoli village, Liangma town; the listed buildings date from 1942–44.
Gu County Peony Garden 古县牡丹文化园 4A scenic area · on the map
A peony garden at Sanhe village in the hills of Gu county, built around an old peony plant that is acclaimed locally as the finest in China.
Huozhou Prefectural Office 霍州署 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The surviving prefectural office of Huozhou, on East Street in the old centre of Huozhou city, now a museum.
Jin Museum (Qucun–Tianma Site) 晋国博物馆 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A site museum on the Qucun–Tianma site, where archaeologists found the early capital and royal cemetery of the Western Zhou state of Jin, in use between about 1000 and 800 BC.
Jinyuan Garden, Quwo 曲沃晋园 4A scenic area · on the map
A landscaped park in Quwo county town, laid out as a classical-style garden on the culture of Jin, the ancient state of this region.
Longshuyu Scenic Area 龙澍峪 4A scenic area · on the map
Longshuyu is a hill-country scenic area above Huangya village in Xiangling town, on the western edge of Xiangfen County.
Lotus Town, Xiangfen 荷花小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring leisure town beside the Fen River in Dengzhuang town, north of Xiangfen county town.
Peng Zhen Former Residence, Houma 彭真故居纪念馆 4A scenic area · on the map
The memorial hall at the birthplace of Peng Zhen (1902-1997), a Communist Party leader who held senior posts in the party and the state, in Dieshang village, now part of Houma.
Qiankun Bay, Yonghe 永和乾坤湾 4A scenic area · on the map
Qiankun Bay is a stretch where the Yellow River winds in tight S-shaped meanders between Shanxi and Shaanxi, and this scenic area looks over it from the Shanxi bank in Yonghe County; a separate scenic area faces it across the river in Yanchuan, Shaanxi.
Qiliyu Scenic Area, Huozhou 七里峪景区 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain valley scenic area on the Huozhou side of Mount Huo, in Licao town east of Huozhou, with forested slopes and a ski area at its entrance.
Renzu Mountain 人祖山 4A scenic area · on the map
Renzu Mountain is a forested mountain area in Ji County, named for Fuxi and Nüwa, the legendary ancestors of humankind.
Rongzi Winery 戎子酒庄 4A scenic area · on the map
A winery estate in Xiangning County that makes red wines from vineyards on the Loess Plateau.
Xingtangsi Scenic Area, Mount Huo 兴唐寺景区 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain scenic area on the Hongtong side of Mount Huo, named after Xingtangsi village.
Yao Mausoleum 尧帝陵 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The tomb of Yao, one of the legendary Five Emperors, stands in the hills east of Linfen on the north bank of the Lao River.
Yao Temple, Linfen 尧庙 4A scenic area · on the map
A temple complex to the legendary emperor Yao on the southern edge of Linfen, moved to its present site on the east bank of the Fen River in 658 and restored after the earthquakes of 1303 and 1695.
Yaojing Winery 尧京酒庄 4A scenic area · on the map
A wine estate in Shangxiliang village, Dadeng township, Xiangfen County, rated as a 4A scenic area.
Zhaigeta Wellness Area, Fushan 寨圪塔康养景区 4A scenic area · on the map
A health-and-wellness resort area in Zhaigeta township, in the hills east of Fushan county town.
Dabei Temple, Quwo 大悲院 National heritage site · on the map
A small temple compound in Qucun town, founded in the Tang dynasty and covering about 4,000 square metres.
Dingcun 丁村 National heritage site · on the map
Dingcun is a village on the east bank of the Fen River whose Ming and Qing courtyard houses are run as a folk museum, with more than 30 courtyards; the earliest dates from 1593.
Dongyang Houtu Temple 东羊后土庙 National heritage site
A temple in the middle of Dongyang village, founded in 1283 as an Eastern Peak temple, wrecked in the great earthquake of 1303 and rebuilt in 1345, and later renamed for the earth goddess Houtu.
Fandian Guandi Temple 樊店关帝庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to Guan Yu in Fandian village, founded in 1505 and repaired in 1831.
Fencheng Ancient Town 汾城古建筑群 National heritage site · on the map
Fencheng was the seat of Taiping county and still has more than forty historic buildings from the Jin to the late Qing, including a City God Temple, a Confucian temple, a Guandi temple, a drum tower, the county yamen hall, a brick pagoda and a stretch of Ming town wall.
Guajiashan Cliffside Sculptures 挂甲山摩崖造像 National heritage site · on the map
Figure carvings on the cliffs of Guajia Hill, on the southern edge of Ji County town, which the national list dates from the Northern Dynasties to the Ming dynasty.
Guandi Temple, Hongtong 洪洞关帝庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to Guan Yu in the centre of Hongtong county town, founded in 1306 under the Yuan and enlarged in the Ming and Qing.
Guanyin Temple, Huozhou 霍州观音庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple on the east side of Huozhou, begun under the Yuan and extensively repaired in the Jiajing reign of the Ming, covering 2,021 sq m.
Houma Jin Capital Site 侯马晋国遗址 National heritage site · on the map
The remains of Xintian, the capital of the state of Jin from 585 BCE, lie where the Fen and Kuai rivers meet at Houma and include walled-town sites, ancestral-temple foundations, bronze-foundry and sacrificial areas and cemeteries.
Huozhou Drum Tower 霍州鼓楼 National heritage site · on the map
A Ming and Qing drum tower in the middle of Huozhou city.
Jingshi Palace, Hongdong 净石宫 National heritage site · on the map
A complex of historic buildings in Ganhe village, Dicun township, Hongtong, dated by the national list to between the Ming dynasty and the Republican period.
Langzhai Brick Pagoda 郎寨砖塔 National heritage site · on the map
A dense-eaved brick pagoda of the Tang dynasty in Langzhai village, Mabi township.
Laojun Cave, Fushan 老君洞 National heritage site · on the map
A small Daoist hall in Liang village, Zhangzhuang township, the only building left of a temple founded in 619.
Lingguang Temple Glazed Pagoda 灵光寺琉璃塔 National heritage site · on the map
A seven-storey octagonal brick pagoda more than 20 m high, built in imitation of timber construction, standing in the fields west of Beiliang village.
Longquan Temple, Nanlinjiao 南林交龙泉寺 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple in Nanlinjiao, Beidong township, whose buildings are dated by the national listing to between the Yuan and Qing dynasties.
Mayi Temple Brick Pagoda 麻衣寺砖塔 National heritage site · on the map
A Jin-dynasty dense-eaved brick pagoda on the Nanshan ridge in the hills north of Anze, about 2 km west of Lingnan village.
Nanhan Dongyue Temple, Yicheng 南撖东岳庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple to the Lord of Mount Tai (Dongyue) at Nanhan, covering 2,660 sq m, with a stage, an offering hall and a main hall flanked by side halls and corridor rooms.
Niuwang Temple Stage, Linfen 牛王庙戏台 National heritage site
A Yuan-dynasty opera stage built in 1283 and repaired in 1321, at the Niuwang (Ox King) Temple in Hecun village, Weicun town, north of Linfen.
Pujing Temple, Xiangfen 普净寺 National heritage site · on the map
A temple compound of about 5,600 square metres in the fields near Shiwei village, with a gate, a Heavenly Kings Hall, an arhat hall, a Guandi hall, a Great Buddha Hall, a Medicine King hall, a pavilion and a bell tower.
Qiaoze Temple Stage, Yicheng 乔泽庙戏台 National heritage site · on the map
The stage is all that remains of the Qiaoze Temple, a water-god temple at Wuchi village in Nanliang town, founded in 1324 under the Yuan.
Qilijiao Thousand Buddha Grottoes, Xixian 七里脚千佛洞石窟 National heritage site · on the map
A group of rock-cut Buddhist grottoes, also called the Xixian Thousand Buddha Caves, on the east bank of the Chengchuan River at Qilijiao village north of Xi county town.
Reliu Guandi Temple 热留关帝庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to Guan Yu in Reliu village, Guyang town, in Gu County; the national listing dates its buildings to the Ming and Qing.
Sanqing Temple Offering Hall, Dongxu 东许三清庙献殿 National heritage site · on the map
A Yuan-dynasty offering hall, the hall in front of the main shrine where offerings were made, belonging to the Sanqing Temple in Dongxu village, Gaoxian town.
Shangshan Temple (Sanhuang Temple), Hongtong 洪洞商山庙 National heritage site · on the map
A single-courtyard temple in Sunbu village to the three legendary Sovereigns Fuxi, Shennong and Xuanyuan (the Yellow Emperor), also called the Sanhuang Temple.
Shijiagou Historic Village 师家沟古建筑群 National heritage site · on the map
A hillside village in Sengnian town of mostly brick and cave-dwelling courtyard houses, begun in 1769 and well developed by the Tongzhi reign (1862–1874).
Shousheng Temple, Xiangning 乡宁寿圣寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple in the county town of Xiangning, founded in 1049 and repaired under the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.
Sisheng Palace, Yicheng 四圣宫 National heritage site · on the map
A temple in Cao Gong village, Xiyan town, named for the four sage-kings it enshrines: Yao, Shun, Yu and Tang.
Stone and Wooden Archways, Yicheng 石四牌坊和木四牌坊 National heritage site · on the map
Two four-faced memorial archways stand on the main street of Yicheng's old town, about a hundred metres apart, both promoted by the local censor Shi Xueqian.
Taosi 陶寺遗址 National heritage site · on the map
Taosi is the site of a walled town of the Longshan period (about 2300 to 1900 BC), where excavations found a rammed-earth enclosure of about 280 hectares, palace foundations, a large elite cemetery and an observatory platform.
Tiefo Temple (Dayun Temple), Linfen 铁佛寺 National heritage site
A temple in the south-west of Linfen's old town, founded in 632 and now run as a museum, with a gate, an entrance hall, a sutra library and a brick pagoda that was begun in 1715 and finished in 1728.
Wahuang Temple, Huozhou 娲皇庙 National heritage site · on the map
A Qing-dynasty temple to Nüwa, the mother goddess of Chinese myth, in Jia village, Dazhang town.
Wangqu Dongyue Temple, Linfen 王曲东岳庙 National heritage site
A village temple to the Lord of Mount Tai (Dongyue) at Wangqu, north of Linfen, begun in the early Yuan and repaired in the Ming and Qing; its Yuan-dynasty stage and Qing main hall survive.
Xiangling Confucian Temple 襄陵文庙 National heritage site · on the map
The Dacheng Hall of the Confucian temple at Xiangling is a large hall of the Yuan period, five bays wide and about 22 m across, with a hip-and-gable roof and twelve bracket sets under its long front architrave.
Xixian Drum Tower 隰县鼓楼 National heritage site · on the map
A Ming-dynasty drum tower in the centre of Xi county town, listed as a provincial site in 2004 and as a national monument in 2013.
Xue Family Compound, Quwo 曲沃薛家大院 National heritage site · on the map
A Qing-dynasty courtyard house of three courtyards in sequence in the old town of Quwo, with a south range, passage halls and a north tower, decorated with stone and wood carving and painted ornament.
Yingli Thousand Buddha Grottoes 营里千佛洞石窟 National heritage site · on the map
A group of Buddhist rock-cut grottoes on a cliff above Yingli village, just east of Xiangning county town, carved between the Northern Qi and the Tang dynasty.
Yonghe Confucian Temple 永和文庙 National heritage site · on the map
The Dacheng Hall of Yonghe's Confucian temple, a Ming-dynasty building in the old county town on Dongmen Lane off Zhenggou Street.
Yuhuang Temple, Hongtong 洪洞玉皇庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple founded in 1229 of which only the rear courtyard survives, with three halls of the Yuan period standing side by side: the Jade Emperor Hall, the Guan Gong Hall and the Erlang Hall.
Zhusheng Temple, Huozhou 霍州祝圣寺 National heritage site · on the map
A temple in the old centre of Huozhou, on Qianjin Street, with buildings from the Yuan to the Qing dynasties.

Lüliang 44 sites

Baima Xiandong Cave 白马仙洞 4A scenic area · on the map
A cave on Jiufeng Hill at Donggou village in Wucheng town, south-east of Lishi, set among wooded hills.
Dadonggou Forest Scenic Area 大东沟景区 4A scenic area · on the map
A forest leisure area in the Guandi Mountains in Xinyi town, in the hills north-east of Lishi, where the road climbs past Qiannian village into birch woods along a stream below Guji Mountain.
Fenjiu Culture Scenic Area, Xinghuacun 杏花村汾酒文化景区 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A liquor-heritage visitor area built around the Fenjiu distillery in Xinghuacun town, the home of Fenjiu, a light-aroma Chinese grain spirit.
Guashan Tianning Temple 卦山天宁寺 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple complex on Gua Mountain, 3 km from Jiaocheng, which the county government dates to 627 and describes as a major Huayan temple of the Tang dynasty.
Heichashan April 8 Martyrs' Memorial 黑茶山四八烈士纪念地 4A scenic area · on the map
A memorial museum at the foot of Mount Heicha in Xing county, built for the people killed when a flight from Chongqing to Yan'an crashed into the mountain in fog on 8 April 1946.
Jiajiazhuang Village Tourist Area 贾家庄文化生态旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
A tourist area built around Jiajiazhuang, a village north-east of Fenyang that was a national model for agriculture from the 1950s to the 1970s and has since turned to rural tourism.
Jinlong Mountain Scenic Area 金龙山风景区 4A scenic area · on the map
A hillside complex of Buddhist and Daoist shrines at Xiatujing village, west of Xiaoyi, built around the site of an old Dragon King temple on the hilltop.
Jinsui Border Region Memorial Hall, Caijiaya 晋绥边区革命纪念馆 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A memorial museum at Caijiaya village in Xing county, set in the compound that was the seat of the Jinsui Border Region government and military headquarters during the war against Japan and the civil war.
Mount Beiwudang 北武当山 4A scenic area
A mountain scenic area in Fangshan county, in the Lüliang range, which is a national-level scenic area and one of northern China's Daoist holy mountains.
Sanhuang Temple, Xiaoyi 孝义三皇庙 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A temple to the Three Sovereigns of Chinese legend, Fuxi, Shennong and the Yellow Emperor, who are honoured together in one hall in Jiajiazhuang village on the western edge of Xiaoyi.
Shengxi Lake Forest Park 胜溪湖森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A large city park in Xiaoyi laid out around a lake, which Shanxi named a five-star urban park in 2013.
Xiaohe National Wetland Park 孝河国家湿地公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A wetland park around a reservoir on the Xiao River on the western side of Xiaoyi, with a planned area of 5.47 sq km of which about 3.28 sq km is water.
Xuanzhong Temple 玄中寺 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple in the Shibi valley that Chinese and Japanese Buddhists regard as the ancestral temple of the Pure Land school, founded in 472 in the Northern Wei period according to the Lüliang government.
Yiju Temple 义居寺 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple at Zaogeda village in Sanjiao town, on a hillside beside a river, which was formerly called the Fotang Temple and served as a branch of the Tiangong Temple; the county government gives its area as 56,000 sq m.
Anguo Temple, Lishi 安国寺 National heritage site · on the map
A hillside temple compound in a forested valley of Wuya Mountain, west of central Lüliang, founded in 637 under the Tang as Anji Temple and renamed in the Song dynasty.
Central Rear Committee Site, Shuangta 临县中央后委机关旧址 National heritage site · on the map
A group of former Party offices and residences in Shuangta village, Sanjiao town, where the Party's Central Rear Committee was based in 1947–48.
Cisheng Temple, Xiaoyi 孝义慈胜寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple in Suzhuang village, now part of Xiaoyi's built-up area, founded in the Jin dynasty and expanded and repaired in the Ming and Qing periods.
Dawu Drum Tower 大武鼓楼 National heritage site · on the map
A Ming-dynasty drum tower in Dawu town, in the south of Fangshan county, in the area now being built up as Lüliang's new district.
Donglongguan Tombs 东龙观墓群 National heritage site · on the map
A cemetery of Song and Jin dynasty tombs at Donglongguan village in Yangcheng town, about 300 m long, where 27 tombs were excavated in 2008 ahead of road building: 16 with brick chambers and 11 cut into the earth, in hexagonal, octagonal and square plans.
Dongyue Temple, Xingdongyuan 兴东垣东岳庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple to the Dongyue (Eastern Peak) god at Xingdongyuan in Longjiao township, Shilou county, laid out on a north-west to south-east axis of about 35 by 65 m with a screen wall, gate, opera stage and main hall.
Fan'an Temple Pagoda, Shangxian 上贤梵安寺塔 National heritage site · on the map
A seven-storey octagonal brick pagoda about 40 m high at Shangxian village, also called the Shangxian Pagoda, hollow inside with an arched doorway on each floor.
Former Jinsui Daily Office, Gaojiacun 晋绥日报社旧址 National heritage site · on the map
The former office of the Jinsui Daily, the newspaper of the Jinsui Border Region, in Gaojiacun village, where the writers Ma Feng and Xi Rong wrote the novel Heroes of Lüliang.
Former Residence of Yu Chenglong 于成龙故居 National heritage site · on the map
The family home of Yu Chenglong (1617-1684), a Qing official who rose to governor-general of the Lower Yangtze provinces and whom the Kangxi emperor praised as the most incorruptible in the empire.
Guandi Temple, Fenyang 汾阳关帝庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to Guan Yu, the Three Kingdoms general worshipped as a god of loyalty and war, in the southern part of Fenyang's old centre, built in 1515 in the Ming dynasty and popularly known as the Iron Horse Guan Yu Temple.
Houtu Shengmu Temple, Fenyang 汾阳后土圣母庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to Houtu, the Earth Mother goddess, at Tian village north-west of Fenyang, rebuilt in 1549 in the Ming dynasty, of which the main hall and a side hall survive.
Houtu Shengmu Temple, Shilou 后土圣母庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to the earth goddess Houtu Shengmu on the hillside at Dianshan, about 2.5 km south-west of Zhangjiahe village, in the hills of Shilou county; the national list dates it to the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Hujiagou Brick Pagoda 胡家沟砖塔 National heritage site · on the map
A 12 m octagonal brick pagoda of the Ming dynasty at Hujiagou village in Caijiaya township, standing on a three-tier stone base.
Jinsui Branch Bureau Site, Beipo 北坡中共中央晋绥分局旧址 National heritage site · on the map
A former Party regional headquarters in Beipo village, about 1 km west-north-west of the Caijiaya memorial hall, where the Jinsui Branch Bureau of the Party's Central Committee worked in the 1940s.
Joint Defence Army Headquarters Site, Shayuan 临县陕甘宁晋绥联防军指挥部旧址 National heritage site · on the map
A former military headquarters in Shayuan village, Linjiaping town, dated to 1947 in the national heritage list and associated with the Shaan-Gan-Ning and Jin-Sui Joint Defence Army.
Longtian Tudi Temple, Baicaopo 柏草坡龙天土地庙 National heritage site · on the map
A small one-courtyard temple at Baicaopo village in Yudaohe town, with an opera stage, an offering hall and the main Dragon King hall on one axis and three side halls.
Nancun City Site (Zuoguocheng) 南村城址 National heritage site · on the map
The ruins of a walled hill city on the ridge east of Nancun village in Yukou town, identified by the county government as Zuoguocheng, the base of the Xiongnu leader Liu Yuan, and dated by the national list from the Warring States period to the Jin dynasty.
Shanqing Temple 善庆寺 National heritage site · on the map
A small Buddhist temple at Fudi village in Dayu township, south of Linxian town, founded in 583 and rebuilt in 1269 under the Yuan dynasty.
Shanshenyu Thousand Buddha Grotto 山神峪千佛洞石窟 National heritage site · on the map
A temple built around a grotto cut into the sandstone hillside at Shanshenyu village, which the county government dates to the Yuan dynasty.
Shushifo Cliff Carvings 竖石佛摩崖造像 National heritage site · on the map
A group of Buddhist rock carvings on a cliff near Shushifo village in the northern hills of Jiaocheng county, which the national list dates from the Northern Qi to the Tang dynasty.
Taifu Daoist Temple 太符观 National heritage site · on the map
A Daoist temple at Shangmiao village in Xinghuacun town, where inscriptions record the founding of the altar in 1200 in the Jin dynasty.
Tianqi Temple, Xiaoyi 孝义天齐庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple at Zhongwangtun in Wutong town, south-east of Xiaoyi, which the city's heritage register dates to the Yuan dynasty and the national list to the Yuan and Qing periods.
Tianzhen Daoist Temple 天贞观 National heritage site · on the map
A Daoist temple built into the slope of Fengshan, a hill on the northern edge of Lishi, in upper and lower courtyards.
Wenfeng Pagoda, Fenyang 文峰塔 National heritage site · on the map
A 13-storey octagonal brick pagoda about 85 m high, on the south-eastern edge of Fenyang and part of the Wenhu Cultural Park, built at the end of the Ming dynasty on the initiative of a local scholar-official to improve the town's feng shui.
Wuyue Temple, Fenyang 汾阳五岳庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple to the Five Sacred Mountains at Beiyuyuan village, Sanquan town, west of Fenyang.
Xiangyan Temple, Liulin 香严寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple in the north of Liulin county town, founded in the Tang dynasty, whose surviving buildings are of several dynasties, mainly Jin, Yuan and Ming.
Yukou Shengmu Temple 峪口圣母庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple to the Holy Mother at Yukou in the Yudaohe valley, built around 1307 under the Yuan dynasty judging by an inscription on a gate stone, and repaired in 2006–08.
Yuxu Palace, Liulin 玉虚宫 National heritage site · on the map
A Daoist temple on the hillside of Baoning Hill at Qinglong, just east of Liulin county town, dedicated to the god Zhenwu (Xuantian Shangdi) and first built in 1600 under the Ming dynasty, with a repair in 1654.
Zetian Temple, Wenshui 则天庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple at Nanxu village, north of Wenshui, dedicated to Wu Zetian, whose family came from Wenshui; the county tourism page calls it the only temple to the empress in China.
Zhongyang Tower, Xiaoyi 中阳楼 National heritage site · on the map
A four-storey timber tower with a passage through its base, standing over the crossroads in the old town of Xiaoyi, with four tiers of eaves and a cross-gabled roof of coloured glazed tiles.

Shuozhou 7 sites

Chongfu Temple, Shuozhou 崇福寺 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A large Buddhist monastery in the middle of Shuozhou, founded in the Tang dynasty and best known for its two Jin-dynasty halls, the Mituo Hall of 1143 and the Guanyin Hall.
Jinshatan Ancient Battlefield 金沙滩古战场 4A scenic area · on the map
A themed park outside Huairen built around the folk story of the Yang family generals' legendary battle against the Liao at Jinshatan, the 'Golden Sand Beach'.
Baoning Temple, Youyu 宝宁寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Ming-dynasty temple in Youwei, an old garrison town in north-west Shanxi, founded in 1460 and added to the national list in 2019.
Guangwu Great Wall 广武长城 National heritage site · on the map
A stretch of Ming-dynasty Great Wall on the hills above New Guangwu village in Shanyin County, running east towards Yanmen Pass; this card stands for the Shanxi sections of the Great Wall in the national listing.
Guangwu Han Tombs 广武汉墓群 National heritage site · on the map
A large Han-dynasty cemetery on open ground north of the villages of Old and New Guangwu, where several hundred earth burial mounds still stand above ground.
Jingtu Temple, Yingxian 净土寺 National heritage site
A Buddhist temple in the north-east corner of Ying County town, known locally as the North Temple and founded in 1124 under the Jin dynasty; only its main hall survives.
Old Guangwu Fortress 广武城 National heritage site
A Ming frontier fortress town in Old Guangwu village, a few kilometres from Yanmen Pass, whose rectangular earth walls, faced with brick in the Ming rebuilding, still enclose the village.

Taiyuan 45 sites

Baoyuan Old Vinegar Workshop 宝源老醋坊 4A scenic area · on the map
A vinegar workshop and museum rebuilt in 2006 by a local vinegar company in Qingxu, the county titled China's vinegar capital.
China Coal Museum 中国煤炭博物馆 4A scenic area
A national first-grade museum on the history of coal, opened in 1989 on the western side of Taiyuan.
Donghu Vinegar Garden 东湖醋园 4A scenic area · on the map
A visitor site at a Taiyuan vinegar maker, laid out as a working factory museum on how Shanxi aged vinegar is produced, with displays of both the traditional and the modern process.
Fen River Scenic Area 汾河景区 4A scenic area · on the map
A 43 km riverside park along the Fen River through Taiyuan, running from the low-water bridge at Shanlan in the north to about 2 km beyond Yingbin Bridge in the south and crossed by 24 bridges.
Gao Junyu Former Residence and Memorial Hall 高君宇故居纪念馆 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The family home of Gao Junyu, an early Communist Party leader who founded the party and youth organisations in Shanxi, in Fenglingdi village, Loufan County.
Liuweizhai Yunmengwu 六味斋云梦坞 4A scenic area · on the map
The visitor area of the Liuweizhai food-factory park in Qingxu County, run by a Taiyuan food company founded in 1738 that is known for cooked meats.
Mengshan Giant Buddha 蒙山大佛 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A giant seated Buddha carved into a cliff on Mount Meng from 551 under the Northern Qi, which Taiyuan's heritage pages describe as the largest cliff Buddha of the Northern Dynasties period.
Qinglong Ancient Town 青龙古镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A group of Ming- and Qing-style buildings in Qinglong village, Yangqu County, presented as a tourist old town with temples, gardens, an ancestral hall and an underground passage, plus a food street and folk performances.
Taiyuan Botanical Garden 太原植物园 4A scenic area · on the map
A botanical garden of about 2,730 mu (roughly 1.8 square kilometres) in Jinyuan district, opened in 2020 on land that had held coal depots and polluting factories.
Taiyuan Forest Park 太原森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A city forest park of 224 hectares on the northern edge of central Taiyuan, planned from 1990, with more than 100,000 trees around an artificial lake of 378 mu, an arboretum and a bird garden.
Taiyuan Zoo 太原动物园 4A scenic area · on the map
The city zoo of Taiyuan, in the north-east of the city, with about 2,000 animals in zones for birds, tropical and subtropical animals, primates and grassland herbivores.
Zilin Vinegar Park 紫林醋文化工业园 4A scenic area · on the map
A vinegar-factory visitor site run by the Zilin vinegar company in Qingxu, the county titled China's vinegar capital, built around a vinegar museum.
Ashoka Pagoda, Jinyuan 晋源阿育王塔 National heritage site · on the map
A brick lama-style stupa about 25 m high, the only survivor of Huiming Temple, which once stood in the old city of Jinyang.
Buer Temple 不二寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist hall dismantled and re-erected in 1987–89 in Yangqu county town from Xiaozhiyu village, where it first stood.
Changjing Tower 唱经楼 National heritage site
A two-storey Ming building in the old city, named for the announcement of the top five candidates in the Five Classics at the provincial examination.
Chongshan Temple 崇善寺 National heritage site
A royal temple built by Zhu Gang, Prince of Jin, in memory of his mother and completed in 1391, which was almost wholly burnt down in 1864 and now covers about a forty-sixth of its original area.
Chunyang Palace, Taiyuan 纯阳宫 National heritage site
A Taoist temple dedicated to Lü Dongbin (Chunyang), called the largest and best preserved in Taiyuan by the city government, founded in the late Song or early Yuan and greatly enlarged in 1597 by the Princes of Jin.
Dawang Temple, Yangqu 阳曲大王庙 National heritage site · on the map
A small Ming temple hall of 1467 in Fanzhuang village, known as the Beamless Hall, which served as a shrine to Zhao Wu, the god of Mount Cang in Yu County.
Dou Dafu Temple 窦大夫祠 National heritage site
A temple to Dou Chou, a minister of the state of Jin in the Spring and Autumn period, at the foot of Mount Erlong beside the Fen River.
Duofu Temple 多福寺 National heritage site
A hill temple near the top of Mount Jueweishan, founded in 786 in the Tang dynasty and rebuilt in the early Ming.
Former Shanxi Daxuetang (Shanxi University Hall) 山西大学堂旧址 National heritage site
The surviving 1904 building of Shanxi Daxuetang, the forerunner of Shanxi University, founded in 1902 with Boxer Indemnity funds at the suggestion of the British missionary Timothy Richard and, by the Taiyuan government's account, the third university in China after those of Beijing and Tianjin.
Grand Guandi Temple, Taiyuan 大关帝庙 National heritage site
A temple to Guan Yu that the museum running it calls the largest and best preserved in Taiyuan, with Ming buildings on Jin-Yuan foundations arranged in two courtyards: the Chongning Hall, where Guan Yu sits in imperial dress, and behind it the two-storey Chunqiu Tower, with bell and drum towers and side halls.
Hutu Temple 狐突庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to Hu Tu, a minister of the state of Jin in the Spring and Autumn period, venerated locally as a rain god.
Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Taiyuan 太原天主堂 National heritage site
The cathedral of the Catholic diocese of Taiyuan, founded by Jesuits in 1635 and rebuilt after the earlier church was destroyed in 1900; the present building was completed in 1905.
Jin Merchants Museum (Former Shanxi Military Governor's Office) 山西督军府旧址 National heritage site · on the map
The compound of the Qing governor's office, where the Shanxi military government was set up in 1911 and where Yan Xishan later governed as military governor; it served as the seat of the provincial government until 2017.
Jingyin Temple 净因寺 National heritage site
A Buddhist temple below Mount Jueweishan whose founding date is uncertain; a plaque of 930 is recorded, and it was rebuilt in 1205 under the Jin and repaired several times in the Ming and Qing.
Jinyang Ancient City Site 晋阳古城遗址 National heritage site · on the map
The site of Jinyang, a walled city founded in the late Spring and Autumn period that later became a northern capital under the Tang and the Five Dynasties, until Song forces burned and flooded it in 979.
Jinyuan Confucian Temple 晋源文庙 National heritage site
The Confucian temple of the Ming county town of Taiyuan, founded in 1373 and the only national-level monument inside the restored walled town of Jinyuan.
Kaihua Temple, Xinzhuang 辛庄开化寺 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple in Xinzhuang in the hills of Gaocun township, laid out from a gate hall and a Heavenly Kings hall to the main hall, with a Thousand Buddha hall and Guanyin and Ksitigarbha halls on either side.
Longquan Temple, Taishan 太山龙泉寺 National heritage site · on the map
A mountain temple on Mount Tai (Taishan) in the Fengyu valley, founded in 710 under the Tang and rebuilt in the Ming and Qing, of which only the lower of its three original courtyards survives.
Longshan Grottoes and Tongzi Temple Site 龙山石窟·童子寺遗址 National heritage site
A small group of nine Taoist cave shrines on the summit of Mount Long, most of them cut from 1234 under the Quanzhen priest Song Defang, with Yuan-dynasty figures of the Three Pure Ones and the Seven Perfected.
Loufan Ancient City Ruins 娄烦古城遗址 National heritage site · on the map
The earthen ruins of a walled city of the Loufan people, a northern herding state of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods that was conquered by the state of Zhao under King Wuling.
Mingxiu Temple 明秀寺 National heritage site · on the map
A small village temple in Wangguo village, Jinyuan district, nicknamed the glazed-tile temple for its green glazed roofs.
Peng Zhen Memorial Hall and Former CCP Taiyuan Branch Site 中共太原支部旧址 National heritage site
The former Shanxi First Provincial Middle School, set in the old provincial examination compound beside Wenying Lake, where a socialist youth group was formed in 1921 and the Taiyuan branch of the Communist Party, the first party organisation in Shanxi, in 1924.
Qianfo Temple, Gujiao 古交千佛寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple in Gujiao named for the more than a thousand small stone Buddhas of Tang date set into the rear wall of its main hall, on 79 panels, each figure about 8 cm high.
Qingyuan Confucian Temple 清源文庙 National heritage site · on the map
The Confucian temple of Qingxu, which the Taiyuan government calls the oldest surviving Confucian temple in the city, first built in 1203 under the Jin dynasty.
Taiyuan Ancient Mosque 太原清真古寺 National heritage site
A working mosque in the old city, laid out as two courtyards on an east-west axis in Chinese timber style.
Taiyuan Confucian Temple 太原文庙 National heritage site
The Confucian temple of Taiyuan prefecture, rebuilt in 1882 by the governor Zhang Zhidong on part of the burnt-out Chongshan Temple site after a Fen River flood destroyed the earlier temple.
Tianlongshan Grottoes 天龙山石窟 National heritage site
A group of Buddhist cave temples cut into two peaks of Mount Tianlong, begun in the Eastern Wei dynasty in the 6th century and extended through the Northern Qi, Sui and Tang.
Tiemu'er Pagodas 帖木儿塔 National heritage site · on the map
Three Yuan-dynasty tomb pagodas standing together about 200 m east of Shijiazhuang village.
Twin Pagoda Temple 永祚寺 National heritage site
Yongzuo Temple, popularly called the Twin Pagoda Temple, is a Ming-dynasty Buddhist complex in the south-east of Taiyuan whose two octagonal brick pagodas, each of 13 storeys and more than 50 m high, were built between the 1590s and 1612 and appear on the city's emblem.
Xu Xianxiu Tomb and Northern Qi Fresco Museum 徐显秀墓 National heritage site · on the map
A museum built over the Northern Qi tomb of Xu Xianxiu, a senior Northern Qi minister and prince whose 326 sq m of wall paintings were uncovered in 2000–02 and named among China's ten major archaeological finds of 2002.
Xuanquan Temple 悬泉寺 National heritage site · on the map
A temple built into a cliff on Guanshan beside the Fenhe Second Reservoir, once a family temple of the Ming princes of Jin.
Xuanyuan Temple, Yangqu 阳曲轩辕庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple to the Yellow Emperor (Xuanyuan) in Xidian village, built on a rise at a road junction and rebuilt in 1537, with Yuan-period inscriptions still visible on the roof frame.
Yao Temple, Qingxu 清徐尧庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to the legendary Emperor Yao inside the old walled town of Yaocheng, where about 200 m of Ming rammed-earth wall still stands.

Xinzhou 45 sites

Daizhou Ancient City 代州古城 4A scenic area · on the map
The walled town of Daixian, the seat of Dai County, whose walls were rebuilt in 1373 and are about 12 m high and 4.3 km round.
Former Residence of Yan Xishan, Hebian 阎家大院 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A large courtyard compound built from 1913 to 1937 in his home town of Hebian by Yan Xishan, who controlled Shanxi's government and army from 1911 until 1949.
Hanshan Cultural Park, Fanshi 憨山文化园 4A scenic area · on the map
A hillside cultural tourism park of about 81 hectares in Shahe town, in the north of Fanshi County, on the northern approach to Mount Wutai.
Hongmenkou Underground Great Wall 红门口地下长城 4A scenic area · on the map
A network of narrow defensive tunnels dug in the 20th century around Shuiquan village in Pianguan County and known as the underground Great Wall.
Huyuan Riverside Park, Fanshi 滹源景区 4A scenic area · on the map
A riverside park on the Hutuo River at the southern edge of Fanshi county town, with paths along a broad stretch of water.
Laoniuwan, Pianguan 老牛湾 4A scenic area · on the map
Laoniuwan is the village where the Yellow River enters Shanxi and the Great Wall meets the river, on the border with Inner Mongolia.
Mount Luya 芦芽山 4A scenic area · on the map
The highest peak of the Guancen range in Ningwu County, rising above 2,700 m and named for its stacked peaks that resemble reed shoots.
Songjiagou Village 宋家沟 4A scenic area · on the map
A resettlement village built to rehouse residents of 14 poor mountain villages around Kelan, now run as a rural-tourism destination.
Source of the Fen River 汾河源头 4A scenic area · on the map
The headwaters of the Fen River, the longest river in Shanxi and the second-longest tributary of the Yellow River, which rises in the Guancen Mountains of Ningwu County.
Tianya Mountain, Yuanping 天涯山 4A scenic area · on the map
A scenic area of granite peaks and a small lake east of Yuanping, built around the story of Jie Zitui, the Spring and Autumn official remembered for carrying his mother into the mountains.
Wannian Ice Cave 万年冰洞 4A scenic area · on the map
A large natural ice cave in a forested gorge in the Luya Mountain area of Ningwu County.
Xinzhou Ancient City 忻州古城 4A scenic area · on the map
The restored old quarter of Xinzhou, once the walled town of Xiurong, where lanes and buildings were repaired and rebuilt in a programme that began in 2017.
Yunzhong River Scenic Area 云中河 4A scenic area · on the map
A landscaped riverside area along the Yunzhong River, a tributary of the Hutuo, in the northern part of Xinzhou city.
Yuwang Cave 禹王洞 4A scenic area · on the map
A karst cave and national forest park in the hills south-east of Xinzhou, named for Yu the Great, the legendary tamer of floods.
Ayuwang Pagoda 阿育王塔 National heritage site
A bottle-shaped brick stupa of about 40 m in the Tibetan Buddhist style, built in 1275 on a round base carved with lotus petals and topped by thirteen rings and a copper gourd-shaped finial.
Bethune Model Ward, Songyankou 白求恩模范病室旧址 National heritage site · on the map
A courtyard in Songyankou village that the Canadian surgeon Norman Bethune had converted from a temple into a model ward for the Eighth Route Army, finished on 15 September 1938.
Bianjing Drum Tower 边靖楼 National heritage site
A three-storey timber drum tower on a high masonry base at the central crossroads of Daixian's old town, rebuilt in 1476 after a fire destroyed the first tower of 1374.
Daixian Confucian Temple 代县文庙 National heritage site
The Confucian temple of the former Daizhou prefecture, built mainly in the Ming dynasty and called by the Dai County government the largest surviving prefectural Confucian temple in North China.
Eighth Route Army Headquarters Site, Nanru 南茹八路军总部旧址 National heritage site · on the map
The village courtyard in Nanru where the Eighth Route Army headquarters was based from 23 September 1937, its first command post after the army reached the Shanxi front.
Fanshi Glazed Pagoda 繁峙琉璃塔 National heritage site · on the map
A Ming-dynasty glazed pagoda at Shiziwo in Zhuangzi village, Yantou township, in the mountains south-east of Fanshi, built between 1599 and 1604 as part of the Dahuguo Wenshu Temple.
Former Residence of Xu Xiangqian 徐向前故居 National heritage site
The Qing-dynasty courtyard house in Yongan village where Xu Xiangqian, who was made a marshal of the People's Liberation Army in 1955, was born and lived.
Gongzhu Temple 公主寺 National heritage site
A three-courtyard temple covering about 4,300 m², named for Princess Chengxin, a daughter of the Northern Wei emperor Wencheng, who is credited with founding it; the present buildings date from a rebuilding in 1503 and from the Qing.
Guangji Temple, Wutai 五台广济寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Yuan-dynasty temple in Taicheng, the county town of Wutai, whose five-bay Mahavira Hall holds Yuan clay statues of a Buddha with two bodhisattvas, three great bodhisattvas and eighteen arhats.
Guanwang Temple, Dingxiang 定襄关王庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to Guan Yu founded in 1123 under the Northern Song, of which a single hall survives, three bays wide under a single-eave hip-and-gable roof.
Guoyang Confucian Temple 崞阳文庙 National heritage site · on the map
The county Confucian temple of the former Guo County, whose seat was Guoyang town, founded in the Yuan dynasty and once covering nearly 20,000 m².
Hongfu Temple, Beishe 洪福寺 National heritage site · on the map
A walled temple in Beishe village that stands on a raised platform inside a fortress-like wall, with the gate hall doubling as the wall gate.
Hongfu Temple, Liuhui 留晖洪福寺 National heritage site · on the map
A temple of Ming and Qing date in Liuhui village, in Nanwang township of Dingxiang County.
Huiji Temple, Yuanping 惠济寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple in Lianjiagang village, north-east of Yuanping, whose gate, Manjusri Hall, bell tower and Galan Hall stand around a five-bay Great Buddha Hall.
Jindong Temple 金洞寺 National heritage site · on the map
A small Buddhist temple founded in 1093 in Xihuyan village, west of Xinzhou, whose corner hall is original Northern Song timberwork with bracketed eaves.
Jingju Temple Grottoes 静居寺石窟 National heritage site · on the map
A group of Tang-dynasty rock-cut caves in a cliff beside Fengrun village, south of Jingle.
Jingle Confucian Temple 静乐文庙 National heritage site · on the map
The Confucian temple of the former Jingle County, moved to its present site in the Ming dynasty and rebuilt in 1587, with two courtyards: the temple itself and the Censhan Academy.
Luohou Temple 罗睺寺 National heritage site
A Tibetan Buddhist temple of the Gelug school in Taihuai, beside Xiantong and Tayuan temples and named for Rahula, the Buddha's son.
Mimi Temple 秘密寺 National heritage site · on the map
A temple on Weiping Mountain, named after Mimi Rock, and one of the temples around Mount Wutai that lie outside the central Taihuai area.
Nanchan Temple 南禅寺 National heritage site
A small temple whose main hall, dated by a beam inscription to 782, is the oldest surviving timber building in China.
Nanshan Temple, Mount Wutai 南山寺 National heritage site · on the map
A large temple complex climbing the hillside south of Taihuai, assembled from three older temples, Jile Temple, Shande Hall and Youguo Temple, in works that began in 1875 and continued into the Republican period, and arranged in seven tiers.
Puji Bridge, Yuanping 普济桥 National heritage site · on the map
A Jin-dynasty stone arch bridge at the south gate of Guoyang, an old town north of Yuanping, built in 1203 and once known as the South Stone Bridge.
Sansheng Temple, Fanshi 三圣寺 National heritage site · on the map
A two-courtyard temple whose Mahavira Hall dates from the Jin dynasty, while the gate, bell and drum towers and side halls are Qing and the Ksitigarbha hall was rebuilt in 1495.
Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region Headquarters Site, Jingangku 金岗库村晋察冀军区司令部旧址 National heritage site
From March 1938 this village was the base of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region headquarters, the first base the Eighth Route Army built behind Japanese lines.
Xihetou Tunnel Warfare Site 西河头地道战遗址 National heritage site · on the map
A village whose houses are linked by about 5 km of tunnels, dug from 1942 and extended into a network by 1947, which local militia and armed work teams used in the Anti-Japanese War and the civil war.
Xinkou Battle Site 忻口战役遗址 National heritage site · on the map
The site of the Battle of Xinkou, fought from 11 October to 2 November 1937, when Nationalist and Communist forces together defended the northern approach to Taiyuan.
Yanqing Temple 延庆寺 National heritage site
A small temple in Shanwen village whose Jin-dynasty main hall, the Great Buddha Hall, is the only original building left; the other halls were rebuilt in recent years.
Yanshan Temple 岩山寺 National heritage site
A small temple on the northern side of Mount Wutai, founded in 1158 in the Jin dynasty and formerly called Lingyan Temple, best known for the Jin murals in its Manjusri Hall.
Zhengjue Temple, Fanshi 繁峙正觉寺 National heritage site · on the map
The Mahavira Hall of Zhengjue Temple, a Jin-dynasty hall standing in the town of Fanshi.
Zhu Memorial Archway, Yangwu 阳武朱氏牌楼 National heritage site · on the map
A late-Qing memorial archway in Yangwu village, built by the official Wu Fangchou in honour of his mother, née Zhu.
Zunsheng Temple 尊胜寺 National heritage site
A hillside temple of seven courtyards on the old southern route to Mount Wutai, founded in the Tang dynasty and given its present layout in the Republican period.

Yangquan 19 sites

Cangshan Temple 藏山祠 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A group of temple halls and pavilions set in a mountain gorge north of Yu County, built around the legend of the Zhao Orphan, in which a child of the Zhao family of the ancient Jin state is hidden in these hills; the legend is listed as national intangible cultural heritage.
Cuifeng Mountain Scenic Area 翠枫山 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested mountain scenic area south-west of Yangquan, with forest cover above 97 per cent and more than 300 plant species recorded, including over 100 rare tree species.
Dachang Hot Spring Resort 大汖温泉度假村 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort in a deep mountain valley in the far north of Yu County, with open-air pools in several themed zones and a reception building that has a lounge, cinema and spa rooms.
Hongyanling Scenic Area 红岩岭 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain scenic area in the Taihang Mountains in north-east Pingding County, beside the Hebei border, with a planned area of 40 km² and a core of 8 km² of peaks, pine forest and karst.
Niangzi Pass 娘子关 4A scenic area
A Ming-dynasty fortified pass on the Shanxi–Hebei border, known as the ninth pass of the Great Wall, where the railway and road cross the Taihang Mountains; the present walls date from 1542.
North China Yifeng Ecological Park 华北奕丰生态园 4A scenic area · on the map
A farm-based leisure park near Qianyuanji village in Niucun town, Yu County, developed from a coal company's transformation project.
Taolingou Scenic Area 桃林沟 4A scenic area · on the map
A peach-orchard park in the hills just north-west of central Yangquan, nicknamed the city's back garden, where old peach trees fill the valley.
Xiaohe Ancient Village 小河古村 4A scenic area · on the map
A hillside village on the eastern edge of Yangquan with Ming, Qing and Republican-era courtyard houses, about 178 courtyards in all, and the ancestral home of the modern writer Shi Pingmei.
Yangquan Memory 1947 Cultural Park 阳泉记忆·1947文化园 4A scenic area · on the map
A cultural park built on the site of the former Yangquan Water Pump Factory and opened in 2021.
Dawang Temple, Yu County 大王庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple on the west side of Yu County town, beside the Beihe stream, which the county government's own guide calls the county's oldest and best-preserved old building.
Fujun Temple 府君庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to the deity Cui Fujun in Zhongshebei village in the north of Yu County, rebuilt in 1315 under the Yuan dynasty.
Guanshan Academy 冠山书院 National heritage site · on the map
A traditional academy on wooded Guanshan hill west of Pingding town, the best known of several academies whose remains lie on the hill.
Guanwang Temple, Yangquan 关王庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to the deified general Guan Yu on the side of Yuquan Hill in Linli village, north of central Yangquan.
Kaihe Temple Grottoes 开河寺石窟 National heritage site · on the map
A group of Buddhist rock carvings and inscribed tablets cut into the cliff of Kuitou Hill beside Luanliu village in Pingding County.
Machiyan Temple 马齿岩寺 National heritage site · on the map
A small mountain temple in Mashan village in the far east of Pingding County, on the Taihang Number One tourist road.
Potou Taishan Temple 坡头泰山庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple to the Taishan deity in Potou village in the hills east of Yu County town, rebuilt in 1347 under the Yuan dynasty.
Sansheng Temple Main Hall, Yu County 西关三圣寺大殿 National heritage site · on the map
The surviving main hall of Sansheng Temple, founded in 1064 to honour the Three Sages of the Huayan school: Shakyamuni, Manjusri and Samantabhadra.
Tianning Temple Twin Pagodas 天宁寺双塔 National heritage site · on the map
Two octagonal, three-storey brick pagodas standing in a small park in the middle of Pingding town, the survivors of Tianning Temple, which was founded in the Northern Song.
Yubei Taishan Temple 盂北泰山庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple in Xi Yubei village north of Yu County town, with a Yuan-dynasty main hall that keeps wall paintings including a procession of the Jade Emperor.

Yuncheng 92 sites

Dayudu Yellow River Scenic Area 大禹渡 4A scenic area · on the map
Dayudu is a ferry crossing on the Yellow River in the south of Ruicheng, facing Henan across the water and named for Yu the Great, the legendary flood-controller.
Dongyue Temple and Feiyun Tower, Wanrong 万荣东岳庙·飞云楼 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Dongyue Temple stands in the middle of Wanrong's county town, and its landmark is the Feiyun Tower at the front: a 23 m timber tower of three visible storeys under yellow, green and blue glazed-tile roofs, held up by four tall pillars that run its full height.
Duiyun Cave Taoist Temple, Xiaxian 堆云洞 4A scenic area · on the map
A Taoist temple complex founded in the early Yuan dynasty, built in terraces of courtyards and cave rooms in a loess gully at Shangniu village in Shuitou town.
Fenghuang Valley Forest Park 凤凰谷 4A scenic area · on the map
Fenghuang Valley is a forest park in the Zhongtiao hills just south of Yuncheng, in Yanhu District, made up of Fenghuang Mountain and five valleys, with walking trails and a viewing corridor on the ridge.
Houtu Temple, Wanrong 万荣后土祠 4A scenic area · National heritage site
This is the successor to the Han-dynasty shrine where emperors came to sacrifice to Houtu, goddess of the earth: Emperor Wu of Han made it the imperial site for the rite in the second century BC, and Tang and Song emperors also made offerings here.
Jiangbei Grand Canyon, Jiang County 绛北大峡谷 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain gorge scenic area on Xiaobeishan in the Zhongtiao hills, in Moli township east of Jiang County, developed since 2012 around a river-rafting course of about 5 km through the canyon, which drops about 200 m.
Jiangzhou Prefectural Office and Main Hall 绛州署·绛州大堂 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Xinjiang town was the seat of Jiangzhou prefecture, and its government offices stood on a high bluff in the west of the old town; only the main hall and a second hall survive.
Jishan Banzao Jujube Park 稷山板枣公园 4A scenic area · on the map
This park of old jujube orchards around Yao, Taoliang and Jijiazhuang villages, north-west of Jishan town, holds more than 17,000 ancient jujube trees, many around a thousand years old.
Li Family Mansion, Yanjing 闫景李家大院 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Begun in the Daoguang reign (1821–1850) by the Li family, who moved from farming and study into trade, this courtyard compound in Yanjing village is often grouped with the Qiao and Wang family compounds as one of Shanxi's three great merchant houses.
Lishan Scenic Area, Yuanqu 历山风景区 4A scenic area · on the map
Lishan is a mountain scenic area in the south-east of Yuanqu County, made up of sections with separate entrances: Shunwangping, the meadow on the 2,358 m main summit, named for the legendary sage-king Shun, whom Chinese tradition places farming on Mount Li; Huangguman, the second-highest peak at 2,134 m; and Mihouyuan, where a large colony of wild macaques gathers.
Mausoleum and Temple of Emperor Shun 舜帝陵庙 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
This is the tomb and temple of Emperor Shun, a legendary ruler of ancient China, on the Mingtiao ridge near Xiquma village in Beixiang town.
Pujiu Temple 普救寺 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Pujiu Temple is the setting of the love story in The Story of the Western Wing, in which the scholar Zhang Sheng and Cui Yingying meet, and its brick pagoda is nicknamed the Yingying Pagoda after the heroine.
Shengtian Lake 圣天湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A lake on the Yellow River shore in Ruicheng County, run as a leisure scenic area with lakeside paths and boating.
Shentan Grand Canyon, Yongji 神潭大峡谷 4A scenic area · on the map
Shentan Grand Canyon is a gorge scenic area in the Zhongtiao Mountains just south of Yongji.
Sima Guang Tomb and Shrine, Xiaxian 司马温公祠·司马光墓 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
This is the family burial ground of Sima Guang (1019–1086), the Northern Song chief minister and historian who compiled the Zizhi Tongjian, on the Mingtiao ridge north-west of Xiaxian, with a shrine complex built around it.
Stork Tower 鹳雀楼 4A scenic area
The Stork Tower is a modern reconstruction of a tower on the Yellow River bank made famous by a short poem of the Tang poet Wang Zhihuan, and it is counted as one of China's Four Great Towers.
Wangxian Grand Canyon, Yuanqu 望仙大峡谷 4A scenic area · on the map
Wangxian Grand Canyon is a gorge scenic area in Wangxian village, in the hills of south-eastern Yuanqu County, where a stream cuts through a narrow rock canyon.
Wulao Peak, Yongji 五老峰 4A scenic area · on the map
Wulao Peak is a mountain scenic area in the southern Zhongtiao Mountains, once known as Donghua Mountain and counted among the famous Taoist mountains of northern China.
Yellow River Great Ladder Cliff 黄河大梯子崖 4A scenic area · on the map
A zigzag stone stairway cut by hand into a sheer cliff on the Yellow River bank in Banpo village, Xiahua township, is the centrepiece of this scenic area; the provincial tourism department dates it to more than 1,500 years ago.
Yellow River Longmen Scenic Area, Hejin 黄河龙门 4A scenic area · on the map
At Yumenkou the Yellow River leaves the long Shanxi–Shaanxi gorge and widens onto the plain, the spot behind the saying about carp leaping the Dragon Gate to become dragons.
Baitai Temple, Xinjiang County 白台寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple compound near Guangma village, named for the white lotus base of its Shakyamuni image and also called Shanhua Temple.
Balong Temple Pagoda, Zhonglizhuang 中里庄八龙寺塔 National heritage site · on the map
A square, seven-storey Song-dynasty brick pagoda about 24 m tall, in Zhonglizhuang village, Ronghe town, and the only part left of the Balong (Eight Dragons) Temple.
Beixin Sarira Pagoda 北辛舍利塔 National heritage site · on the map
A Ming-dynasty sarira (relic) pagoda in Beixin village, Ronghe town, Wanrong County.
Beiyangcheng Brick Pagoda 北阳城砖塔 National heritage site · on the map
A Northern Song brick pagoda in Beiyangcheng village, Jishan County, built in 1039 by a villager for his mother.
Bian Que Temple, Yongji 扁鹊庙 National heritage site · on the map
This temple honours Bian Que, the Warring States physician traditionally regarded as the earliest known doctor in China, and stands in the countryside near Xima village.
Changchun Temple, Jiang County 长春观 National heritage site · on the map
A Taoist temple in Dongjingxia village, founded in 1320 and laid out as a single courtyard about 71 m long and 24.5 m wide.
Changping Guandi Temple 常平关帝庙 National heritage site
The Guan family temple stands in Changping village, the village held to be Guan Yu's birthplace, on the site of his former home.
Dongcun Opera Stage 董村戏台 National heritage site · on the map
A Ming-dynasty opera stage in Dongcun village, Qingtou town.
Dongfeng Opera Stage 董封戏台 National heritage site · on the map
The main surviving building of a Mount Tai temple in Dongfeng village, an opera stage rebuilt in 1612, in the Wanli reign, with a projecting porch for viewing from three sides added in 1799.
Dongyaowen Memorial Archways 东姚温牌坊 National heritage site · on the map
Two memorial archways built to honour local widows, a Ming stone archway of 1628 and a Qing brick archway of 1775, both facing east.
Erlang Temple North Hall, Yuanqu 二郎庙北殿 National heritage site · on the map
A single Yuan-dynasty hall in Beiyang village, the only building left of the Erlang Temple.
Fawang Temple, Nanyang 南阳法王庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to Fang Yin, a Daoist adept known as the Dharma King, with buildings rebuilt in the Yuan and repaired in the Ming and Qing.
Five Dragons Temple 广仁王庙 National heritage site
This was a rain-praying shrine to King Guangren, the spirit of the springs that once flowed out of the slope in front of it, which is why villagers call it the Five Dragons Temple.
Fusheng Temple, Xinjiang County 福胜寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple in Guang village with a gate, Mituo Hall and a rear hall, known for its Yuan and Ming painted sculpture, of which more than 30 figures and reliefs survive.
Guanwang Temple, Yuncheng 运城关王庙 National heritage site · on the map
Hedong salt merchants founded this temple to Guan Yu in the Yuan dynasty so that they could pay their respects before shipping salt from the nearby lake, and in the Ming it was the largest Guan temple in Yuncheng city.
Hanquan Pagoda, Wanrong 旱泉塔 National heritage site · on the map
A square brick pagoda with eleven tiers of closely spaced eaves, about 31 m of it still standing, rises on the west foot of Gufeng Hill near Zhuoli village in south Wanrong.
Houji Temple, Wenxi 后稷庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple dedicated to Houji, the legendary patron of farming, in Wulü village in the west of Wenxi County.
Houtu Temple, Guduo 古垛后土庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple south of Guduo, in Hejin, where only two buildings remain: the main hall and the opera stage that faces it, both Yuan-dynasty.
Jiangxian Confucian Temple 绛县文庙 National heritage site · on the map
Founded in 932 under the Later Tang, the Confucian temple in the middle of Jiang County town is now the county museum.
Jiangzhou Confucian Temple 绛州文庙 National heritage site · on the map
The surviving buildings of this Confucian temple in the north-east of Xinjiang town are a screen wall, a ceremonial pool, a stone gate of 1521 and the Dacheng Hall, a large hall rebuilt in 1448 with a surrounding veranda, a double-eaved hip-gable roof and glazed ridge ornaments.
Jingyun Palace Jade Emperor Hall 景云宫玉皇殿 National heritage site · on the map
The only building left of the Jingyun Palace, a Taoist complex founded in 634 that burned down in 1933 apart from this hall.
Jishan Giant Buddha 稷山大佛 National heritage site · on the map
A seated clay Buddha 16.68 m tall stands in the main hall of Dafo Temple, formerly Qingliang Monastery, in Jishan; it was modelled against a loess cliff, with a carved earth lower body and a clay-modelled upper body, and its colours have faded with age.
Jiwang Temple, Beichi 北池稷王庙 National heritage site · on the map
This small temple to Houji, the legendary Lord of Millet, stands in the north-west of Beichi village in Yangwang town and covers 1,241 sq m.
Jiwang Temple, Jishan 稷山稷王庙 National heritage site · on the map
This temple in the middle of Jishan town honours Houji, the legendary Lord of Millet and patron of farming.
Jiwang Temple, Wanrong 万荣稷王庙 National heritage site · on the map
Only the main hall and an opera stage survive of this temple to Houji, the legendary Lord of Millet, in Taizhao village.
Jiwangshan Pagoda, Wanrong 稷王山塔 National heritage site · on the map
An octagonal, seven-storey brick pagoda with closely spaced eaves stands on the summit of Jiwang Mountain in the east of Wanrong County, about 23 m of it still standing.
Jiyi Temple, Xinjiang County 稷益庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to the legendary figures Hou Ji and Boyi in Yangwang town, popularly called Yangwang Temple.
Linjin County Yamen 临晋县衙 National heritage site · on the map
The former county government compound of Linjin, founded in the Dade era (1297–1307) under the Yuan and covering about 16,000 square metres.
Longxiang Guandi Temple 龙香关帝庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple to Guan Yu on a site of about 2,300 square metres, founded in the Song dynasty and repaired in the Yuan, Ming and Qing.
Longxing Temple, Xinjiang 新绛龙兴寺 National heritage site · on the map
A temple on a high mound at the north end of the main street of Xinjiang, where the Tang-era Biluo Stele was carved.
Macun Brick-carved Tombs 马村砖雕墓 National heritage site · on the map
A family cemetery of the Duan clan dating from 1118 to 1181, under the Song and Jin, of which nine of the fourteen tombs have been excavated.
Main Hall of Taishan Temple, Guocun 郭村泰山庙大殿 National heritage site · on the map
All that survives of a Taishan temple (dedicated to the god of Mount Tai) in Guocun village, Yanhu District, is its main hall, which beam inscriptions show to be Yuan in origin and to have been repaired several times in the Ming and Qing; the founding date of the temple is not recorded.
Nanfan Stone Archway and Stele Pavilion 南樊石牌坊及碑亭 National heritage site · on the map
A Qing-dynasty memorial archway of blue limestone, built in 1804 to honour a local widow, the grandmother of a salt official.
Niandui Jade Emperor Temple 埝堆玉皇庙 National heritage site · on the map
A small village temple in Niandui, covering about 480 square metres, with a stage and a main hall that were both built in the Yuan dynasty.
Offering Hall of Guandi Temple, Zhaili 寨里关帝庙献殿 National heritage site · on the map
Zhaili's Guandi temple, dedicated to the war god Guan Yu, has lost all but one building: the Yuan-dynasty offering hall, where offerings were presented before the main shrine.
Pagoda of Master Fanzhou 泛舟禅师塔 National heritage site · on the map
A single-storey round brick pagoda about 10 m high stands in Sibei village on the site of the vanished Baoguo Temple; it was built in 793 as the tomb pagoda of the monk Fanzhou, a member of the Tang imperial clan.
Pujin Ferry and Puzhou Ancient City 蒲津渡与蒲州故城 National heritage site · on the map
The site of the ancient Pujin crossing of the Yellow River, where the Tang rebuilt a pontoon bridge in 724 and anchored it with iron oxen on both banks.
Qiangxia Guandi Temple 墙下关帝庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple to Guan Yu in Qiangxia village, Peijie town, founded in 1347 under the Yuan and repaired or extended in the Ming, Qing and Republican periods.
Qiaogoutou Jade Emperor Temple 乔沟头玉皇庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple to the Jade Emperor in Qiaogoutou, laid out around a main hall dated to the Yuan dynasty.
Qiaosi Stele Tower 乔寺碑楼 National heritage site · on the map
A memorial tower of 1837 built by the Zhou family and their circle in honour of the wealthy Zhou Wanzhong, in Qiaosi village.
Qingliang Temple, Ruicheng 清凉寺 National heritage site · on the map
A hillside temple near Potou village, also called Potou Temple, of which only the Great Hall survives.
Qinglong Temple, Jishan 青龙寺 National heritage site · on the map
A small temple in Ma village, founded in 662 under the Tang and kept in Yuan style through later repairs.
Qiu Family Stone Archway, Guojiazhuang 郭家庄仇氏石牌坊及碑亭 National heritage site · on the map
A finely carved stone archway 15 m high, with six pillars and five gateways under a triple-eaved hip-and-gable roof, built in the Tongzhi and Guangxu reigns (1862–1908) to honour the mother of the Qing salt commissioner Qiu Jiamo.
Qiyan Temple Pagoda Forest 栖岩寺塔林 National heritage site · on the map
A pagoda forest of memorial and relic pagodas, in brick and stone, at the site of the Upper Qiyan Temple in the Zhongtiao Mountains.
Quanzhang Guandi Temple 泉掌关帝庙 National heritage site · on the map
Only the main hall survives of the Guandi temple in Quanzhang village, at the foot of the Linggong Terrace site in Xinjiang County.
Ruan Twin Stele Towers 阮氏双碑楼 National heritage site · on the map
Two Qing-dynasty memorial towers standing side by side in Xiliang village, built to honour the virtue of a father and son: Ruan Tingshi, who held the Qing military title of Wude Zuoqiwei, and his son Ruan Lingyun.
Ruicheng City God Temple 芮城城隍庙 National heritage site
The city god temple of Ruicheng, known locally as the South Temple, a large group of old buildings in the middle of the county town.
Sanguan Temple, Xinjiang 三官庙 National heritage site · on the map
A small Yuan-dynasty temple built in 1341, known locally as the Gourd Temple, in a lane in the town of Xinjiang.
Sheng'an Temple Pagoda, Zhangcun 张村圣庵寺塔 National heritage site · on the map
A Song-dynasty brick pagoda in Zhangcun village, in the north of Linyi County, and the only part left of Sheng'an Temple, which was demolished in 1958.
Shengmu Temple, Shangfeng 上冯圣母庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple named for the Holy Mother (Shengmu) in Shangfeng village, Niangzhang township, added to the national list in 2013.
Shousheng Temple Brick Pagoda, Ruicheng 巷口寿圣寺砖塔 National heritage site · on the map
A 13-storey octagonal brick pagoda, 46 m tall, which survived the destruction of its temple in 1941 and is a landmark in the north-east of Ruicheng town.
Shousheng Temple Pagoda, Nanyang 南阳村寿圣寺塔 National heritage site · on the map
A Song-dynasty brick pagoda from the former Shousheng Temple in Nanyang village, Liwang township, Wanrong County.
Shousheng Temple, Beisu Village 新绛寿圣寺大殿 National heritage site · on the map
Only the main hall survives of a temple founded in 961, in the middle of Beisu village in Xinjiang County.
Taipingxingguo Temple Pagoda (Anyi Pagoda) 太平兴国寺塔 National heritage site · on the map
This octagonal brick pagoda in the Anyi district is built in Song style and is taken by scholars to be the tomb pagoda of a monk of Taiping Xingguo Temple, which no longer stands.
Taishan Temple, Dayang 大洋泰山庙 National heritage site · on the map
The Taishan temple (dedicated to the god of Mount Tai) in Dayang village keeps one building, a main hall whose beam inscriptions record repairs in 1304 and 1571 and whose frame still has Yuan-dynasty character.
Taishan Temple, Nanliu 南柳泰山庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to the Mount Tai god standing alone in the fields about 1 km south-west of Nanliu village, on a site of about 7,300 square metres.
Taitou Temple, Hejin 河津台头庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple complex in the town centre of Hejin, dedicated to the Eastern Peak god of Mount Tai, with ten halls still standing along a long north-south axis.
Taiyin Temple 太阴寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple beside Zhangshang village, founded in the Northern Wei period and rebuilt several times since, including in 1180 under the monk Ciyun.
Tongshan Charitable Granary, Xiezhou 解州同善义仓 National heritage site · on the map
A charitable granary compound of 1880 in Xiezhou, built under Yan Naijue, son of Yan Jingming, as one of the Tongshan granaries he set up in the Yuncheng area.
Twin Pagodas of Miaodao Temple 妙道寺双塔 National heritage site · on the map
Two square brick pagodas face each other about 80 m apart in Linyi County town, all that survives of the former Miaodao Temple, once also called Yanta or Shuangta Temple; the east pagoda stood just outside the temple.
Wangu Temple, Yongji 万固寺 National heritage site · on the map
Wangu Temple is a Buddhist temple of Northern Wei origin at the foot of the Zhongtiao Mountains in Puzhou town, and the national listing dates its surviving buildings to the Ming dynasty.
Wanquan Confucian Temple 万泉文庙 National heritage site · on the map
The Confucian temple of Wanquan, a former county town, where the Dacheng Hall enshrining Confucius was rebuilt in 1439 under the Ming.
Xiaxian Confucian Temple 夏县文庙 National heritage site · on the map
The Dacheng Hall of Xiaxian's Confucian temple is the only building that survived the 1556 Jiajing earthquake, which destroyed the rest of the temple.
Xihoudu 西侯度遗址 National heritage site · on the map
A Palaeolithic site on a terrace above a bend of the Yellow River, found in 1959 and excavated in 1961, 1962 and 2005, which produced stone tools, fossils of 22 vertebrate species and burnt animal bones that are taken as China's earliest evidence of human use of fire.
Xuandi Temple, Fancun 玄帝庙 National heritage site · on the map
A Taoist temple to Xuandi (Zhenwu, the Perfected Warrior) in the north-east corner of Fancun village, begun in 1569 and finished at the start of the 17th century with the backing of officials that included a minister of war and a grand secretary.
Xue Xuan Family Temple and Cemetery 薛瑄家庙及墓地 National heritage site · on the map
The family temple and cemetery of Xue Xuan (1389–1464), a Ming official and Neo-Confucian scholar from Hejin whose tablet was placed in the Confucian temple in 1572.
Yellow River Plank Road Remains, Pinglu 黄河栈道遗址 National heritage site · on the map
A cliffside plank road and towpath ran along the north bank of the Yellow River in Pinglu County between Sanmen township and Laoyashi and was in use from the Han to the Qing dynasties; remains survive in more than 20 places, adding up to over 3 km.
Yongxing Temple Pagoda, Lüyuantou 闾原头永兴寺塔 National heritage site · on the map
A square brick pagoda of the Northern Song, dated by its form, stands in fields about 200 m north-east of Lüyuantou village, just south of Linyi.
Yongxing Temple, Songcun 宋村永兴寺 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple, also called Chongxing Temple, at the south-east corner of Songcun in Huafeng township, in the hills of south-east Yuanqu County.
Yuban Ancient Salt Road 虞坂古盐道 National heritage site · on the map
An old salt-carrying road about 8 km long through the Zhongtiao hills, linking Zhangdian town in Pinglu County with the Yuncheng Salt Lake basin.
Yubi City Ruins 玉壁城遗址 National heritage site · on the map
The remains of Yubi, a Northern Dynasties fortress built on a loess plateau with cliffs on three sides, now lying among farmland and houses in Jishan County.
Yuwangcheng Ruins 禹王城遗址 National heritage site · on the map
The remains of Anyi, an early capital of the Wei state in the Warring States period and later a Han-dynasty county seat.

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