Town God's Temple

Jieyang Chenghuang Temple is the largest existing ancient building of its kind in Guangdong Province. It is one of the important gods that are widely admired in ancient Chinese national religious culture. It is mostly served by famous heroes who are credited with local people. It is the god of Chinese folk and Taoism who believes in protecting the city. Jieyang City God Temple is located in the East Gate of Jieyang, Guangdong. It was built in Song Shaoxing for ten years (1140), and Ming Hongwu two years (1369) rebuilt in Xude County. It is a provincial-level key cultural relics protection unit. The Jieyang City God Temple architecture combines the architectural style of Ming and Qing Dynasties and the traditional craftsmanship of Jieyang. The main building is wooden and stone bearing structure, and the mechanical structure is scientific and rigorous. The four walls of the hall only play a protective role. The seismic performance of the building structure is very high. After dozens of earthquakes since the Ming Dynasty, it is immobile, showing the intelligent wisdom and superb architectural skills of the ancient Chinese working people. It is a specimen of ancient architecture.

The golden lacquer wood carvings of Jieyang Chenghuang Temple are colorful and rich in layers. The paintings at the cross beam are mainly based on flower and bird patterns and folk stories and myths. There are gold lacquer wood carvings and painted on both sides after several gates.

Going to Jieyang Xuegong by the way to the nearby Chenghuang Temple, I did not expect the incense in the temple is very strong, Jieyang Chenghuang Temple is the largest existing similar ancient buildings in Guangdong Province. The city hall is one of the important gods that are widely respected in ancient Chinese national religious culture. Most of them are played by famous heroes who are credited to the local people.

Chenghuang Temple is an ancient building. It is said that it has a history of more than 800 years. It is very easy to find the location near Jieyang Xuegong, and the surrounding area is also downtown. Come here, you have to go in and see, the building is very distinctive and there are many decorations.

Jieyang has a typical southern Anhui cultural tradition, the symbol is that there are many temples throughout the city, of which the Chenghuang Temple is a relatively large-scale one, not far from the school palace, just next to Confucius Square. The gate building is magnificent, with four golden characters on each side ＂ wind and rain, Guotai Min'an ＂. The uniquely vivid image carving on the roof backbone makes the building shine. The fragrant guests enter and exit, and the incense is very strong.