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Zezhou Dai Temple 泽州岱庙Zézhōu Dàimiào
National heritage site · Jincheng, Shanxi
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jincheng
- Region
- Shanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Zezhou Dai Temple
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. The compound of about 3,700 sq m steps up the slope in two yards; its Tianqi Hall is Song-dynasty work, with stone pillar inscriptions dated 1080, and the other halls are Ming and Qing. Its grounds also hold an old opera stage, a large ginkgo, two cypresses joined in a V shape and stone carvings of dragons.
How to get to Zezhou Dai Temple
It is in Yedi village, Nancun township, about 14 km south-west of central Jincheng.
Nearby
- Huangcheng Xiangfu 皇城相府 20 km
A walled hillside estate of courtyards, towers and gardens built by a family of officials
Also within 20 km: Tangdi Temple, Pingshang 坪上汤帝庙 (under 10 km), Zhoucun Dongyue Temple 周村东岳庙 (10 km), Chuandi Buddhist Hall 川底佛堂 (10 km), Huaitan Guild Hall 怀覃会馆 (10 km), Guoyu Walled Town 郭峪古城 (20 km), Biluo Temple 碧落寺 (20 km).
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