[2025 Baishui Attraction] Travel Guide for Cangjie Muyu Cangjie Temple (Updated Feb)

|Historical and literary charm. Cangjie Temple is located north of Huanglong Mountain and south of Luo River. It covers an area of 17 mu and is surrounded by high walls. The architectural layout is complete. The entire building complex is arranged along the central axis from south to north, including the screen wall, mountain gate, front hall, report hall, middle hall, sleeping hall, and tomb. On both sides of the main building, there are east and west opera houses, bell and drum towers, and east and west wing rooms. The opera house has murals, which are still visible despite the peeling paint. There are steles from various dynasties in Cangjie Temple, including the Cangjie Temple Stele from the Eastern Han Dynasty, which is a rare treasure in the study of epigraphy, the General Guangwu Stele from the Sixteen Kingdoms period, the Cang Gong Stele from the Tang Dynasty, and the Great Song Cang Gong Stele from the Song Dynasty. In modern times, plaques and couplets written by Mr. Yu Youren, General Tao Shiyue, and General Zhu Qinglan are preserved in the temple halls. The stele erected by Bi Yuan, the governor of Shaanxi Province during the Qing Dynasty, is also among them. Address: Shiguan Town, 35 km northeast of Baishui County, Weinan City, Shaanxi Province Tickets: Adult ticket: CNY 40/person, student ticket: CNY 20/person, child ticket: CNY 20/person Transportation: It takes 1.5 hours from Xi'an. Navigate to Shiguan Middle School, and Cangjie Temple is at the entrance.

“Qingming Festival to worship the Yellow Emperor, Grain Rain Festival to worship Cangjie.” Legend has it that after Cangjie invented Chinese characters, “millet rained from the sky, and ghosts cried at night.” This is because the invention of writing changed the way humans recorded events, heralding the progress of civilization. The Cangjie Tomb and Temple in Baishui County, Weinan City, is home to ancient cypress trees, which, along with the ancient cypress trees at the Yellow Emperor Mausoleum in Shaanxi and the Confucius Temple in Qufu, Shandong, are known as the “Three Great Ancient Temple Cypress Groves of China.” They have high historical and cultural value.

Cangjie Temple, the ancestor of writing, Baishui Shiguan Town Cangjie Temple!!! 🎈Today, I must take you to Baishui Shiguan Town Cangjie Temple to feel the charm of ancient writing. 🌈Cangjie Temple is a cultural treasure with a thousand-year history. The ancient cypress trees here are towering and lush, as if telling ancient stories.🌳 💃As you enter the temple, a solemn and sacred atmosphere greets you. The halls are magnificent, with carved beams and painted rafters, and every detail shows the wisdom and exquisite skills of the ancients.🏯 📜Cangjie, as the creator of Chinese characters, has made an indelible contribution. Here, you can learn about the legendary process of Cangjie creating characters and feel the great significance of the birth of writing to human civilization.💡 🌿The ancient cypress trees in the temple have different shapes, some like dragons coiling, some like phoenixes spreading their wings. They have witnessed the changes of time and added a mysterious color to this temple.🌳 💕Come to Baishui Shiguan Town Cangjie Temple and trace the origin of writing and appreciate the profoundness of traditional culture.💖

Cangjie Tomb and Temple are located in Yangwu Village, Shiguan Town, Baishui County, Weinan City, Shaanxi Province. The front part of the Cangjie Tomb and Temple is dedicated to ancestral worship, while the rear part is the tomb mound. The temple gate faces south, and along the central axis are the screen wall, mountain gate, front hall, report hall, middle hall, rear hall (sleeping hall), and the Cangjie Tomb. On both sides are the bell tower, drum tower, community rooms, and side rooms. The tomb mound of Cangjie is surrounded by an octagonal wall, with entrances on the east and west sides. There are 18 steles inside the temple. On the backstage wall of the opera building, there are several freehand figure paintings and inscriptions left by Qing Dynasty opera troupes, which have become valuable materials for the study of theater history.

To understand the progenitor of culture, it has to be our Shaanxi... The historical and cultural heritage is so profound! A few days ago, I visited the Cangjie Temple in Baishui, strolling around, naturally immersing myself, feeling the sediment of history, as if every breath was filled with the flavor of culture. ⛩•••There are more than 40 Cangjie Temples nationwide, and the Cangjie Temple in Baishui, Shaanxi, has a long history and is very famous! Although the temple complex is not large, its content is very rich, integrating temple, tomb, stele, and cypress into one, and it is a 3A-level scenic spot. 🌲•••The current buildings in the temple are mainly from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. The most impressive sight in the temple is the ancient cypress grove with more than 40 trees – each cypress here has a history of two to three thousand years, the longest average lifespan in the country! The cypress planted by Cangjie himself in the Cangjie Temple has been around for more than 5000 years – it is known as a living green national treasure. It is said that there are only five ancient trees over 5000 years old in the whole country, and all of them are in Shaanxi! 📷··Taking photos under the ancient cypress trees is very photogenic, regret not bringing a camera (a camera would add more texture and atmosphere). Of course, it's also suitable for children's study tours – it's said that the pictographic stone carvings on the temple are Cangjie's own handwriting from those years, which is very interesting! The new stele's inscriptions can be guessed by looking at the pictures with the kids, and then explained, enhancing the children's interest in Chinese characters! Baishui also has a super cost-effective amusement park for parents and children 🎠, perfect for a weekend day trip!