Ruicheng City God Temple 芮城城隍庙Ruìchéng Chénghuáng Miào

About Ruicheng City God Temple

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. Its main hall dates from the Song dynasty and the forecourt pavilion from the Yuan, with the other halls from the Ming and Qing, so the compound shows about 800 years of building styles. A gallery of steles holds many stones from the Northern Wei onwards, including a Tang stele of 798.

How to get to Ruicheng City God Temple

In the centre of Ruicheng town, the county seat, about 3 km south of Yongle Palace.

Nearby

• Yongle Palace 永乐宫 under 10 km
  Yuan-dynasty Taoist murals in a temple moved piece by piece to make way for a reservoir
• Xiezhou Guandi Temple 解州关帝庙 30 km
  Gateways, halls and towers honouring the deified general Guan Yu in his home district
• Yuncheng Salt Lake 运城盐湖 50 km
  Brine ponds that turn red, pink and green in summer, below the Zhongtiao Mountains
• Mount Hua 华山 60 km
  Sheer granite peaks, stairways cut into cliffs and a notorious plank walk

Also within 20 km: Shousheng Temple Brick Pagoda, Ruicheng 巷口寿圣寺砖塔 (under 10 km), Five Dragons Temple 广仁王庙 (under 10 km), Dayudu Yellow River Scenic Area 大禹渡 (under 10 km), Qingliang Temple, Ruicheng 清凉寺 (20 km), Wulao Peak, Yongji 五老峰 (20 km), Shengtian Lake 圣天湖 (20 km).

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Learn more

• Wikipedia (Chinese)