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Ji Xin Temple, Tianshui 纪信祠Jǐ Xìn Cí
National heritage site · Tianshui, Gansu
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Tianshui
- Region
- Gansu
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Ji Xin Temple, Tianshui
Tianshui's City God temple, dedicated to Ji Xin, a general of the founder of the Han dynasty who is worshipped as the city god in Tianshui and Lanzhou. A county office in the Yuan dynasty and converted into a City God temple in the early Ming, it keeps 21 halls along one axis, and its main hall holds a Ming mural of the city god's procession dated 1625.
How to get to Ji Xin Temple, Tianshui
In central Qinzhou District, Tianshui, a few minutes' walk from the Hu Family Residences.
Nearby
- Maijishan Grottoes 麦积山石窟 40 km
Painted clay Buddhas in caves hung high on a haystack-shaped cliff
Also within 20 km: Hu Family Residences (Tianshui Folk Museum) 胡氏古民居 (under 10 km), Houjie Mosque 后街清真寺 (under 10 km), Yuquan Taoist Temple 玉泉观 (under 10 km), Fuxi Temple, Tianshui 伏羲庙 (under 10 km), Nanguo Temple (Nanshan Scenic Area) 南郭寺 (under 10 km).
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