Jinci Temple

Jinci Temple

Jinci, 17 kilometers east of Lingshi County, Shanxi Province, and north of Mahe village, was founded during the Yuan Dynasty. In Jiajing and Longqing of Ming Dynasty, it was repaired in Wanli period. The main hall is called "Zhaoji Notre Dame hall", with a construction area of 132 square meters, extensive brackets and destroyed statues. Xiandian Baoting, with a construction area of 81 square meters, is a square with 8 columns and the top is in the shape of eight trigrams. The construction area of the stage is 80 square meters. It was first built in 1833 of the Qing Dynasty. On the blue stone column, it was engraved: "praising the good, glorifying the glory and declining, showing loyalty, filial piety and righteousness through the ages, belittling the evil, punishing the evil, stealing and licentiousness of a hundred generations." on the second floor of the bells and drums on both sides of the stage. There are 7 auxiliary halls in the East and 15 in the West. There are several stone tablets in the temple, which were first engraved in 1619.

Address: Mahe village, Mahe Township, Lingshi County, Jinzhong City, near G5 Beijing Kunming expressway

Longitude: 111.89295531809

Latitude: 36.868335723877

Chinese PinYin : Jin Ci Miao