Half-day Tour in Hancheng

In the fourth year of Yongjia in the Western Jin Dynasty (310 AD), Governor Yin Ji 'admired the ancient texts, praised their merits, and thus built a stone chamber, erected a stele, and planted walls,' initiating the construction of the Sima Qian Temple. Since then, it has been continuously worshipped and maintained through the ages, with incense burning for over 1700 years. Puzhao Temple, located in Wucun, Zancun Town, Hancheng City, Shaanxi Province, was first built in the third year of Yuan Yanyou (1316 AD) and was renovated during the Qing Dynasty. It is an important Buddhist cultural site in the Weibei region. The main building, the Great Buddha Hall, is a precious relic from the Yuan Dynasty. Inside the hall, there are five colored statues sculpted in the third year of Yuan Taiding (1326 AD) and over 130 Ming and Qing dynasty caisson paintings. In 1998, the Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau planned to use the Great Buddha Hall as a base to gradually relocate existing Yuan Dynasty buildings within Hancheng, establishing the Shaanxi Yuan Dynasty Architecture Museum. In 1999, a group of three Yuan Dynasty buildings from Gaoshen Temple and one Yuan Dynasty building from Tianyuan Temple were relocated. In 2001, Hancheng Puzhao Temple was selected as part of the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units. The three temples in Hancheng Ancient City, including the Confucian Temple, Dongying Temple, and Chenghuang Temple, are all very ancient.