Shanxi, you're missing out if you don't promote this place.

Jiexiu is a small city in Shanxi with a rich history, home to numerous ancient buildings and treasures of glazed art, known as the "Hometown of Glazed Art in China". Everyone who comes here will love it, it's niche, quiet, profound, and full of life. - If Jiexiu is the capital of glazed art, the Hou Tu Temple is undoubtedly the pearl of the capital. Hou Tu Temple is a Quanzhen Taoist building with a history of nearly 1,500 years. Almost all the roofs of the buildings are decorated with yellow, green, and blue glazed products. Glazed tiles, ridge beasts, hanging fish, lion bottles, etc., are all eye-catching. The main building in the temple is the Sanqing Building, the three-story cross-hipped roof is ingeniously connected with the Hou Tu Temple stage, the towering ridge beasts, pavilions, lotus ridge tubes, and mythical beasts on the top of the temple, the three colors of yellow, green, and blue are reflected in each other, like a magnificent glazed painting. - Hou Tu, is the mother of the earth, also known as Hou Tu Niangniang. In ancient times, both emperors and ordinary people worshipped Hou Tu Niangniang very much. Emperors of all dynasties presided over the ceremony of worshipping Hou Tu every year. Among the buildings in Jiexiu Hou Tu Temple, the earliest buildings can be traced back to the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and most of the existing buildings were repaired and expanded from the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty. - 📍Jiexiu Hou Tu Temple 🎫Free 🈺️8:00-19:00 📷In addition to Hou Tu Temple, nearby Wuyue Temple, Chenghuang Temple, Dongyue Temple, Xianshen Building, etc. are also worth visiting, within walking distance, very convenient.