Jinci in Taiyuan | Complete Guide to Visiting

🔔Introduction: Jinci is located in Jinyuan District of Taiyuan City, built to commemorate the founding nobles of the Jin state, Tang Shuyu and his mother, Lady Jiang. It is the earliest existing royal ancestral garden in China, and its unique 'Three Uniques' and 'Three Treasures' are the best testimony to Taiyuan's thousand-year history. ---- 📷Tour Guide: ✅Jinci is divided into two parts, Jinci Museum (admission fee 80 yuan) and Jinci Park (free admission), and you need to pass through the park to reach the museum. ✅Recommended tour route: Jinci Shengjing Archway➡️Yingxi Gate➡️Feilong Pavilion➡️Fulong Garden➡️Jinci Main Gate➡️Shuijing Platform➡️Huixian Bridge➡️Jinren Platform➡️Duiyue Fang➡️Xian Hall➡️Yuzhao Feiliang➡️Holy Mother Hall➡️Nanlao Spring➡️Dazhong Pavilion➡️Sheli Shengsheng Tower➡️Fengsheng Temple➡️East Garden➡️Jin Wengong Art Museum➡️Xiangxi Gate ✅Three Uniques: 1⃣️Zhou Cypress: Planted during the Zhou Dynasty, located north of the Holy Mother Hall, it has a history of nearly three thousand years. 2⃣️Song Dynasty Colored Sculptures: There are 43 colored sculptures from the Song Dynasty inside the Holy Mother Hall, with Lady Jiang sitting in the center, dignified and elegant. Among the attendants, the most classic is a maid wearing a red flower, with her facial expression half smiling and half crying, as if telling her life story. 3⃣️Nanlao Spring: One of the three sources of Jin water, it flows all year round, with a pavilion above the spring, and the words 'Nanlao Spring' written by Fu Shan hanging in the pavilion. ✅Three Treasures: 1⃣️Xian Hall: Surrounded by no walls, only straight lattices, this beam frame design not only saves materials but is also sturdy, and can play a role in ventilation and anti-corrosion, considered to be the 'refrigerator' of ancient times. 2⃣️Yuzhao Feiliang: Located between Xian Hall and Holy Mother Hall, a cross-shaped bridge is added above the square pond, pioneering the precursor to ancient China's overpass bridges. 3⃣️Holy Mother Hall: The main hall of the entire temple, the surrounding corridor is the earliest example of 'auxiliary steps around' in China's existing ancient buildings, with eight wooden carved dragon pillars being particularly spectacular, and the plaque hanging in the center is the true handwriting of Emperor Song Zhenzong. ✅Other important cultural relics: 1⃣️Shuijing Platform: A stage from the Ming and Qing dynasties, integrating the architectural styles of buildings, platforms, halls, and pavilions, with a majestic shape. 2⃣️Jinren Platform: Located in front of Xian Hall, with a Song Dynasty iron-cast warrior standing at each of the four corners. 3⃣️Duiyue Fang: The plaque was inscribed by Gao Yingyuan, a calligrapher from the Ming Dynasty, with two characters in gold, written in a powerful and vigorous style, like a roaming dragon. ---- 📍Address: Ancient Tang Road, Jinyuan District, Taiyuan City. ---- 🚗Transportation: Take bus No. 79 or 856, get off at Jinci Xinzhen Station. ---- 🕙Opening Hours: 8:30-18:00. ---- 💰Admission Fee: 80 yuan.