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2024 Quwo Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in September)
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Ancient relics around Linfen City
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*Ganying Temple Brick Pagoda
The brick pagoda of Ganying Temple in Quwo, built during the Jin Dynasty (1165), is a dense-eave style structure. The great earthquake of 1303 (Yuan Dynasty) caused the top of the pagoda to fall and the upper part of the pagoda body to crack. It has since survived two major earthquakes during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty and the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. During World War II, the Japanese army attempted to blow it up, but the stone pagoda stood firm. After more than eight hundred years, the stone pagoda is broken but still stands tall. In the 1970s, it was still the tallest building in Quwo, a landmark of the county, but now it is submerged in a residential area, next to a primary school. The matching Ganying Temple, once filled with the scent of incense, was sadly burned down by the invading Japanese army in 1941.
*Dayun Temple in Linfen
Founded in the sixth year of the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty (632), it was destroyed by an earthquake in the thirty-fourth year of Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1695) and rebuilt in the fifty-fourth year of Kangxi (1715). Because an iron-cast Buddha head is enshrined in the pagoda of the temple, the locals call the temple 'Iron Buddha Temple'. The Iron Buddha head is completely of Indian appearance, an original from the Tang Dynasty. There is a small story about why there is only one Buddha head. It is said that there was a Buddha statue with a clay body and an iron head near the capital, majestic and spirited. One day, the Buddha closed his eyes to rest and dozed off. Suddenly, the heavy iron head fell to the high ground inside Pingyang City on the east bank of the Yellow River. Later, people built a temple and pagoda where the Buddha head landed, and the head was enshrined inside.
*Houtu Temple in Dongyang
The reason why Houtu Temple is a national treasure is because of its Yuan Dynasty architecture and Ming Dynasty colored sculptures.
The Yuan Dynasty stage is the most beautiful, with a cross-hipped roof, grand flying eaves, and a three-layered inner eave beam frame forming an eight-trigram-shaped caisson. The overall image is dignified and atmospheric, with exquisite details.
The door of the Holy Mother Hall is locked, and one can only peek at the Ming Dynasty colored sculptures through the broken window paper.
*Niuwang Temple in Yaodu District
The stage of Niuwang Temple is also Yuan Dynasty architecture. Its appearance is relatively simple, with a straightforward frame structure, uninspired caisson patterns, and an ordinary temperament. Inside the main hall, the Ox King, Horse King, and Dragon King are enshrined, very down-to-earth.
Transportation: Rent a car for self-driving
Accommodation: Fenyang City
Shanxi Quwo | Gan Ying Temple Brick Pagoda
Built during the Song Dynasty, this brick pagoda
was split into two halves by a massive earthquake in the Yuan Dynasty
It has since survived numerous earthquakes
and the baptism of gunfire through the smoky years
Yet it still stands tall
With a history of over 800 years
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Next to the pagoda is a middle school
Students pass by it every day
One can't help but marvel
At the cultural relic that one would normally only see in books and on TV
Right beside them
Tangible and within reach
Historical monument enthusiasts are openly envious
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Immersive check-in Shanxi Quwo Jin State Museum: Steal half a day of leisure
I wish to quietly seek a piece of history, to visit Quwo·Jin State Museum. 'Cutting the tung tree and dividing the thatch to establish the society' can be said to be a portrayal of this history.
🗺Preface
Yang's water, white stones are sparkling. I have heard the command, but I dare not tell others.
✨The journey begins
Continuing south along the Tongpu Railway is the small city of Houma in southern Jin, which used to be a small commodity city in the north is now somewhat desolate, but it still fills the lack of a center between the two cities of Linfen and Yuncheng. At the same time, Houma, together with the surrounding Quwo and Yicheng, hides the secrets of the ancient Jin State since the sealing of the tung leaves.
💡Past and Present
Yicheng, Quwo and Xintian in Houma are the three capitals of the ancient Jin State in different periods. The Tang style in the fifteen national styles is the poetry of this era. The large-scale chariot and horse pit and the intact early Jin State king's tomb at the Qu Village site bear witness to the history of the early Jin State from the sealing of the tung leaves to the replacement of Quwo by Yicheng, which is the most worth seeing relic in Quwo. However, the not very convenient transportation nearby has become the biggest challenge of this trip.
🏛 Main attractions
The second-level museum located in the field is really rare. The Jin State Museum does not focus on exhibiting movable cultural relics, but mainly displays the Qu Village site and the tombs and chariot pits of the kings of all ages. Visitors can even walk into the bottom of the tomb to explore, traveling back to that time thousands of years ago. This large-scale relic is visually shocking, not to mention the important position of many undisturbed tombs in the study of the early history of the Jin State.
Among them, the archaeological significance of the tomb of Xie Fu, the first king of the Jin State, is the most significant, but the shocking number of tomb-robbing holes also shows the relentless race against time between the archaeological team and the tomb robbers. The museum has specially opened a cultural corridor to commemorate this archaeology.
🚩 Cultural relics summary
The museum's cultural relics exhibition hall is quite aesthetic in its curation, but the number of cultural relics is indeed a bit small as rumored. However, appreciating the unearthed cultural relics and the brief report of the tomb excavation together can also imagine the admiration and surprise that the excavation of the Jinhou tomb brought to people. The famous Bird Zun was unearthed from the Jinhou tomb in Qu Village and is now the treasure of the Shanxi Museum.
🏔Ta'er Mountain and Tang Jin Wind and Cloud
If you don't make an effort to come here on a trip to Shanxi, you won't understand the mystery of the source of the three Jin. Qu Village and Tao Temple look at each other across Ta'er Mountain. This high mountain, which is unknown today, was the location of the Tao Tang Kingdom and has the name of Chongshan. Tang and Jin, these two country names that almost run through the history of ancient China, sprouted and grew at the north and south ends of this mountain range that looks like the character 'Chong'.
🚗 Museum's transportation route
Note:
You can take the 304 bus to Quwo and Wanhu from Houma Bus West Station. The bus interval is long and the bus also serves the function of carrying goods, so be prepared for the time consumption.
The place to get off in Qu Village is at the archway of 'Jindu Ancient Land'. It is still two kilometers away from the museum. There is currently no public transportation to go there. You can only walk or find a local tricycle.
When returning, wait for the bus near 'Jindu Ancient Land' again. There are few buses returning to Houma. You can take the bus to Quwo County. The terminal Quwo Bus Passenger Station has a convenient direct bus to Houma High-speed Railway Station.
The road conditions are not very good. It is not recommended to drive there.
The Great Compassion Temple in Quwo, Shanxi
The Great Compassion Temple covers an area of 4000 square meters and was first built in the first year of Tang Dahe (827 AD). The Great Compassion Temple faces south with a rectangular layout, and the main buildings include the Offering Hall, the Passage Hall, the Heavenly King Hall, and the east and west wing rooms. The beam frame and bracket set of the Offering Hall of the Great Compassion Temple have completely preserved the architectural style and style of the Song and Jin periods, which is of great value for studying the architectural technology of the same period in China. The Offering Hall of the Great Compassion Temple has a high scientific value for studying the structural style of Chinese architecture during the Song and Jin periods. The beam frame and bracket set of the Offering Hall have completely preserved the architectural style and style of the Song and Jin periods, which is a representative work of Song and Jin architecture and is of great value for studying the architectural technology of the same period in China. It is a key cultural relic protection unit of the fifth batch of the country. The Great Compassion Temple is now opened as the Linfen Stone Carving Art Museum, displaying a large number of exquisite ancient stone carving artworks.
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In the midst of a cornfield in the Fu family stele tower of Baizang Village, Quwo, a cultural relic stands in the wilderness south of Baizang Village, Quwo Town. Due to lack of protection, it is severely damaged. The stele tower is 2.63 meters east-west, 7.51 meters north-south, covering an area of 17.8 square meters. It was built by the Fu family of Baizang Village under the imperial edict. According to the inscription on the stele, it was built in the ninth year of the Daoguang era of the Qing Dynasty (1829), facing east and west, three rooms wide and one room deep, with a single eave and a hipped roof. Each room has a rectangular doorway, and inside stands three steles from the ninth year of the Daoguang era (1829) (the stele and base on the south side have been stolen).
The lintel of the building is adorned with exquisite brick and stone carvings, with a stone plaque in the middle. The middle book is 'Ying Feng Zhao', the south side book is 'He Tian Xiu', and the north side book is 'Mu Hong En'. The plaque is surrounded by brick carvings of flowers, plants and figures, and under the eaves of the stele tower are imitation wood brick carvings of colorful phoenixes and bucket arches. The original round brick carvings and lion stone carvings around the base have been stolen. The carvings of the stele tower are extremely intricate, making it hard to take it all in. The entire stele tower is about two zhang high, made entirely of brick and stone, with no wooden components. The bucket arches and other parts are all brick carvings, with brick and stone carvings of flowers, plants, grapes, the Eight Immortals, civil and military officials, monkeys, elephants, and bats, all of which are rich in symbolism and impossible to fully understand.
Buildings like this single-layer small stele tower, also known as a posthumous title stele pavilion, are dedicated buildings for placing posthumous title steles. From the front of the remaining two steles, you can see the words 'Hao Zeng Chao Yi Da Fu Tai Xue Sheng Zi Han Fu Gong Shen Dao' and 'Gao Zeng Chao Yi Da Fu Yi Xiang Sheng Yuan Kun Bi Fu Gong Shen Dao'. The small characters on the back are illegible, and they should be the life achievements of the person who wrote the stele. The calligraphy of the stele is vigorous and powerful, and the carving skill is exquisite. From the content, it can be known that it was built by the descendants of the Fu family for their ancestors. Quwo·Linfen
Shanxi Quwo | Jin State Museum | Understand the rise and fall of the Jin State over a thousand years
🔶Museum Introduction:
1⃣️The Jin State Museum in Quwo County, Linfen, Shanxi, divides the history of the Jin State over more than 600 years into five units, namely: Tongye Fengtang, Quwo Daiyi, Duke Wen's Hegemony, Moving to Xintian, and the Three Families Dividing Jin, which are major events that have influenced the course of Chinese history.
2⃣️It has created three basic exhibitions: the Jin State Historical Culture Exhibition, the "Qu Village-Tianma Site" Excavation History Exhibition, and the Jinhou Tomb Site Exhibition.
3⃣️The museum has a collection of 3120 pieces/sets of cultural relics, of which 109 pieces/sets are precious.
🔶Main Highlights:
🔆Jinhou Su's Chariot and Horse Pit
It is currently the largest chariot and horse pit discovered in China during the Western Zhou Dynasty. The chariots and horses in the site are clearly separated, and they are buried on the left and right sides of the partition beam, with 105 horses and 48 ancient chariots! Compared with the chariot and horse pit of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor in Shaanxi, it is not only 600 years earlier, but also all are accompanied by real chariots and horses. In the chariot and horse pit, there are also war chariots, ceremonial chariots, and other chariots and horses for daily use.
🔆Jinhou Su's Ding
The Jinhou Su's Ding is composed of five pieces. The belly of the Ding is hemispherical, with ears on both sides. The outer wall is decorated with convex chord patterns and heavy ring patterns. Dings with completely identical shapes and decorations, and sizes decreasing in order, are called column Dings! There are three lines of 13 characters cast on the back wall of the vessel, "Jinhou Su made a treasure Ding, its ten thousand years of eternal treasure use"
🔆Dragon Stream Human Foot Plate
The dragon head flows, three three-dimensional corner dragons climb on the outer wall, the foot of the vessel is four half-squatting human figures, a round carved frog is cast in the center of the plate, the outer side is decorated with embossed fish patterns, and two bells are cast on the bottom of the foot of the vessel. The shape is unique and quite ingenious!
📍Address: Jin State Museum, Qu Village Town, Quwo County, Linfen City
📌Opening hours: Open from 09:00-17:00 (stop entering the park at 16:00), closed on Mondays
📌Ticket price: 48 RMB, free for those over 60 years old
🚌Transportation: Take bus No. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and get off at Jin State Museum Station.
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