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Wuyue Temple, Jiexiu 介休五岳庙Jièxiū Wǔyuè Miào
National heritage site · Jinzhong, Shanxi
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jinzhong
- Region
- Shanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Wuyue Temple, Jiexiu
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. Its gate, opera stage and bell and drum towers are joined into one tall structure known as the Haishen Tower, with a five-bay stage raised on a high platform and richly decorated bracket sets under the eaves. The main hall, front hall, side halls and rear hall stand behind it.
How to get to Wuyue Temple, Jiexiu
In the south-east of Jiexiu's old town, near Caoshi Lane 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), Houtu Temple, Jiexiu 介休后土庙 (under 10 km), Xianshenlou 祆神楼 (under 10 km), Zhangbi Castle 张壁古堡 (under 10 km), Dongyue Temple, Jiexiu 介休东岳庙 (under 10 km), Tianqi Temple, Xiaoyi 孝义天齐庙 (under 10 km).
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