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The ancients said: Jinyang is the most successful among the three Jins, and the victory of Jinyang all lies in Jinci Temple. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "if you don't go to Jinci Temple, you will miss Taiyuan." This temple, founded in the Western Zhou Dynasty (11th century BC), is the earliest existing royal sacrificial garden in China and is known as the Museum of Ancient Chinese Architecture. Only in Jinci can tourists truly understand the superb artistic attainments of Shanxi architecture.

The Notre Dame Hall, the Hard-aged Spring and the 2,800-year-old Zhou Bai tree in the Jinci Temple are known as the "Three Wonders of the Jinci Temple". The Notre Dame Hall is dedicated to Yijiang, the daughter of Jiang Ziya, the wife of King Wu of Zhou, and the mother of King Cheng of Zhou. The biggest highlight in the hall is the group of 43 painted sculptures of maids from the Song Dynasty. These statues have different expressions and postures and are known as one of the greatest sculptures in history.

Pay attention to the second from the right, the maid with a red headband. She is smiling shyly from the front, but has tears in her eyes from the side. It vividly shows the bitterness and suffering of the artist's life. It is known as the most beautiful statue in Jinci Temple. . At that time, Master Mei Lanfang went to Jinci every day and looked at her for more than three months.

Zhou cypress, known as one of the three wonders of Jin Temple, is about 2,800 years old. It is said that it was planted by Tang Shu Yu when he was in Jin Dynasty. Because of its tilted posture, it is also called "lying cypress". Interestingly, in the Tang Dynasty, a green cypress grew under the lying cypress and supported the leaning cypress. Therefore, this green cypress was also called "Qingtian cypress".

On the Jinci Temple, there are four iron figures about two meters high. They are still bright and stainless despite thousands of years of use, demonstrating the highly developed casting level in the Northern Song Dynasty. They are known as the earliest stainless steel in the world. . According to expert analysis, the reason why the iron man does not rust is that the metal contains components such as nickel and chromium.

The "Duiyue Fang" was built in 1576 (the fourth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty) by Gao Yingyuan, a famous calligrapher of the Ming Dynasty, to pray for his mother to recover from illness. The archway is 9.5 meters high. The majestic word "Dui Yue" on the plaque was written by Gao Yingyuan. In ancient Chinese, "Dui" means retribution, and "Yue" means publicity. This plaque is known as one of the three famous plaques of Jinci Temple.

Tickets for Jinci Temple are 70 yuan. How to get there: No. 308, 856, or 804 unmanned ticketing buses.