[2025 Jiexiu Attraction] Travel Guide for Taiheyan Archway (Updated Apr)

💯 A national treasure because of an archway 🎡 🏯 Known as the most beautiful glazed archway in China 🎊 Jiexiu Taiheyan Glazed Archway, Shanxi 🌈 Has become popular with the help of netizens 🚶 When we stand in front of the real thing 🦚 We are completely conquered by the peacock blue 🏯 Taiheyan Archway Introduction ✅ Taiheyan Archway was originally the archway in front of Lizhenwu Temple, but the temple was destroyed, and only the archway remains. The archway has an inscription from the 23rd year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty (1897). In 2006, it became the sixth batch of national key cultural relics protection units, and it is one of the few fine products among the existing glazed archways of the Qing Dynasty in northern China. ✅ The archway faces north and south, with four pillars, three doors, and three floors, with a total height of about 4.5 meters, and a hip roof. Below is a stone-built Xumi seat, with seven steps and three eaves in the Ming Dynasty, and five steps and one eave in the next room. ✅ The archway's eaves, door plaques, tile ridges, beast ridge decorations, and various floral patterns are all made of yellow, green, and blue glazed components. ✅ The Taiheyan Archway is rich in content, from dragon patterns, auspicious beasts, flowers, birds, fish, insects, figures, landscapes, to couplets and plaques, especially the wording, which has both Taoist metaphors and the beautiful wishes of traditional Chinese culture for good luck, happiness, and peace, fully reflecting the wisdom and talents of the ancients, and is a typical masterpiece of the development of Chinese glazed art to the peak of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. 📍 Specific Address 🏯 The archway is located in the east of Beixinwu Village, Yian Town, Jiexiu City, in an abandoned factory in a residential area. Follow the navigation, and if you can't find it, ask a passerby! 🚃 About Transportation 🚖 Taiheyan Archway is not far from Jiexiu East Station. After leaving Jiexiu Station, take a taxi directly (you can try a ride-sharing service or carpool with others, and let the driver wait for a while before taking the car back. The round trip is not particularly expensive) 🚖 You can also take a ride-sharing service from Lingshi East Station to Taiheyan Archway, and then let the driver take you back to the Jiexiu hotel, which costs only sixty or seventy yuan in total! 🚃 Public transportation: Take bus 202 to Beixinwu Village, get off and walk nearly 1 km to reach, but bus 202 runs once an hour, and it takes too much time on the road, so it is not recommended to take public transportation 🎫 Tickets There are local villagers guarding the entrance, 5 yuan per person! Super cost-effective

#chinatrip 🥰China's most beautiful glaze paifang, I'm completely amazed by this charming peacock blue! China has countless paifang (Chinese-style archways), most of which are made of stone. There are only 13 glaze archways exist in China, with 12 located in Beijing and Chengde, and just one in Jiexiu, Shanxi Province. The Taihe Rock glaze archway in Jiexiu is the only archway entirely made of glaze, featuring a primary color of jade-like peacock accented with golden yellow and green glaze, making it even more vibrant. The patterns on the glaze are vivid and rich in content, featuring dragon motifs, auspicious beasts, flowers, birds, fish, insects, figures, landscapes, and couplets, all embodying the good wishes for luck, longevity, and peace in. Various artistic techniques such as imitation line carving, high relief, and transparent carving have been employed in the glaze pieces, along with a wealth of painting techniques, making each piece unique. The glaze archway is truly a masterpiece without doubt among many archways in China. #

Located in Beixinwu Village, Jiexiu City, Shanxi Province. Built in the 23rd year of the Guangxu reign of the Qing Dynasty (1897). It has three gates, four pillars, three floors, and a single-eave hip roof. The four pillar bases are stone-carved waist-bundled Sumeru style, and the archway pillars, couplets, balustrades, plaques, brackets, eaves, tile roofs, ridge decorations, and ridge spires are all made of glazed art components. The glaze colors are mainly yellow, green, and blue, occasionally accompanied by white, purple, black, and crimson. Because it is entirely covered with exquisite and luxurious glazed decorations, it is called a glazed archway by the locals. The entire archway is colorful and dazzling under the sunlight. There are very few glazed archways in China, and they are of high quality and very precious.

Taiheyan Archway, commonly known as "Glass Archway" by locals, was originally the archway of Zhenwu Temple (which has been destroyed). It is located in the east of Beixinwu Village, Yi'an Town, Jiexiu City, Jinzhou City, Shanxi Province, and covers an area of ​​48 square meters. The Taiheyan Archway was first built in the 23rd year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1897). It faces south and has four pillars, three doors and three floors. It is built on a stone waisted Sumeru pedestal and has a hip roof with yellow glazed tiles. The Taiheyan Archway is intricately and beautifully built. The flowers and words have both Taoist metaphors and the beautiful blessings of good luck, happiness, longevity and peace in traditional Chinese culture, fully reflecting the wisdom and superb skills of the ancients. The Taiheyan Archway is a typical masterpiece from the heyday of colored glaze in the Ming and Qing dynasties. In May 2006, Taiheyan Archway was announced by the State Council as the sixth batch of national cultural relics protection units.

Ancient Chinese glazed art ceiling Shanxi Taiheyan glazed archway Taiheyan Archway is located in Beixinwu Village, Yian Town, Jiexiu, Shanxi. According to the archway inscription, it was built in the 23rd year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty (1897). The archway faces south, with four pillars, three doors and three floors, built on a stone waist Xumi seat! Jiexiu, as the hometown of glazed art, has a long-standing reputation for architectural glazed art. Its superb glazed firing skills can be said to be fully demonstrated on this "Taiheyan" archway. Except for the base of the four pillars, the whole body of this archway is covered with glazed tiles. The main colors are yellow, green and blue, which are bright and dazzling! The entire archway, whether it is dragon pattern auspicious beasts, flowers, birds, insects and fish, characters, landscapes or couplets, plaques, or wording, not only has Taoist metaphors, but also the good wishes of auspiciousness, happiness, longevity, and peace in traditional Chinese culture! This archway is not only a typical masterpiece representative of the development of glazed art to the peak of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but also a unique one in ancient Chinese glazed buildings! It's fascinating! Have you ever seen such exquisite glaze! Please leave a message in the comment area! -One TIPS- Taiheyan Glazed Square is the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units, 16 kilometers away from Jiexiu City, 30 minutes by car, no bus