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Houtu Temple, Jiexiu 介休后土庙Jièxiū Hòutǔ Miào
National heritage site · Jinzhong, Shanxi
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jinzhong
- Region
- Shanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Houtu Temple, Jiexiu
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. It is best known for its glazed-tile work, with more colours than the usual yellow, green and blue and a main hall roofed entirely in yellow glaze, and for its many coloured clay figures, a large share of them Ming. The main buildings stand on two parallel axes, the western one running from the gate hall through the Sanqing Tower and an opera stage to the Houtu hall.
How to get to Houtu Temple, Jiexiu
In the north-west corner of Jiexiu's old town, on Miaodi Street in central Jiexiu.
Nearby
- Wang Family Compound 王家大院 20 km
Fortified courtyard 'castles' of a Qing merchant and official clan on a loess hillside - Mount Mian 绵山 20 km
Cliff temples, plank walkways and gorges on the mountain of the Cold Food legend - Shuanglin Temple 双林寺 20 km
Some 2,000 painted clay Buddhas, saints and guardians crowded into ten temple halls - Pingyao Ancient City 平遥古城 30 km
An intact Ming walled town of courtyard inns, where China's first draft banks were born
Also within 20 km: City God Temple, Jiexiu 介休城隍庙 (under 10 km), Wuyue Temple, Jiexiu 介休五岳庙 (under 10 km), Xianshenlou 祆神楼 (under 10 km), Zhangbi Castle 张壁古堡 (under 10 km), Tianqi Temple, Xiaoyi 孝义天齐庙 (under 10 km), Dongyue Temple, Jiexiu 介休东岳庙 (10 km).
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