Aoshen building

Laoshen building is one of the four famous buildings in Shanxi Province (Wanrong's Qiufeng building, Wanrong's Feiyun building, Yongji's stork building and Jiexiu's Laoshen building). In the story of relying on heaven to slay the dragon, the Ming religion in which Zhang Wuji lived was formerly the Zoroastrianism in ancient Persia, and the aoshenlou in Jiexiu was the only Zoroastrianism building in China. It has four floors of double eaves on the outside and two floors on the inside. The lower floor of the building is spacious, the upper floor is flat with railings, and the roof is a cross hill.

Aoshen building

Maoshenlou is an ancient building with triple eaves and top structure. It is located in Shuncheng Street, Beiguan, Jiexiu City.

Aoshen building is the music building in front of sanjieyi Temple (formerly Yuanshen Temple), and it is also a crossing building decorated in the middle of the street. It was rebuilt during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty and rebuilt during the reign of Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty.

building structure

The floor plan is "convex" shape, with a total depth of 20 meters. The floor protruding out of the corridor is three in width and three in depth. The central part of the street is five in width and four in depth. The lower level is the temple gate, the upper level is the music tower, and the center is the shrine.

The building is two stories high, about 25 meters. It has a flat color bar on the waist and a double eaves on the top. It is actually four stories. Four through the column straight through the upper beam frame, the Mountain Gate stage structure, the roof of the cross Xie Shan style, eaves protruding in four directions, tile ridge ornaments are all glass products, magnificent.

This high-rise ancient building, the proportion of depth and breadth of the building is very coordinated, so it shows a very majestic and stable appearance pattern, and is a top-quality building in China.

Traffic tips

Foreign tourists can take a taxi to Jiexiu station by car or train for 10 yuan. They can also take bus No. 140 at Guanyu Road, Jiexiu City, and get off at Guashi street, 200 meters east to the north.

Address: Shuncheng Street, Jiexiu City, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province

Longitude: 111.930666

Latitude: 37.034373

Tel: 0354-7212372

Traffic information: the starting price of taxi in the city can reach

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: all day

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