Where is Erlang Temple?

Erlang Temple is located in Jiayuan Village, Dihua Town, west of Danfeng County 15km.

Introduction to Erlang Temple:

Erlang Temple is located in Jiayuan Village, Dihua Town, west of Danfeng County 15km, and is also the hometown of Jia Pingwa, a cultural celebrity. Dihua was once known as the "Epiphyllum Resort" and one of the "Ten Scenes of Shangzhou". The Tang Dynasty was the Dihua Post Station. Poets such as Yuan Zhen and Bai Juyi have sung poems and written lyrics here many times. Due to wars and disasters, places of interest have been destroyed, and now the only ones worth seeing are Erlang Temple and Guandi Temple.

Erlang Temple is located in the west of the city 15km east of Jiayuan Village, Dihua Town. Built in the third year of Jin 'an (A.D. 12 1 1), it is the only existing Jin Dynasty building in Shaanxi Province. It is reported that Qin Gui once "cut off the commercial sector to give money" and built Erlang Temple as a landmark. Architecture is a fusion of Jin and Han arts.

There are steps around the temple, and there are three temples, one of which is 4 meters long, with a width of 1 meter on both sides and a depth of 7 meters. The overhangs and arches of the temple provide a physical basis for the study of Jin Dynasty architecture. On the outer wall of Erlang Temple, there are 1933 revolutionary slogans written by the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army, which become the physical materials for carrying out revolutionary traditional education.

Erlang Temple was built in Jin 'an for three years (A.D. 12 1 1), with a history of more than 790 years. According to legend, after Jin invaded the Southern Song Dynasty to Longjuzhai, the soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty struggled to resist, and the long battle was fruitless. The prime minister of the Jin Dynasty advocated making peace, so he cut off the merchants and gave them money. In order to set up a symbol, the State of Jin combined the architectural art of the Han people according to the shape of the Lama Temple, and built Erlang Temple in Dihua Street.

Erlang Temple is three rooms wide, with brick and wood structure, with a length of10m, a width of 8m and a height of 7m. The top of the hall is a turret-style, with five ridges and four slopes, covered with colorful glazed tiles. The main ridge is called "Fish Dragon Change", with two dragons playing with pearls and epiphyllum in the middle and the Eight Immortals below. The two arches that descend vertically along this slope are called vertical ridges, with two faucets at the bottom and a slightly upturned back. Those smaller statues are Qin Qiong, Jingde and birds and beasts. The gallery arch is spearhead-shaped, which represents the bellicose nature of the Jin people.

Erlang Temple was originally dedicated to Erlang, the second son of Li Bing in Qin Dynasty. He was praised for his meritorious service in water control. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, influenced by literary works such as Romance of Gods, The Journey to the West and Saving Mother, Erlang was changed to Yang Erlang and Yang Jian. After hundreds of years of war and famine, Erlang Temple was in disrepair and almost collapsed. 1985 for emergency repair. Erlang Temple is a combination of Jin and Han architectural techniques. Due to the short history of the Jin Dynasty, there are few cultural relics left.

There are only three temples with Jin architectural style in China, and the other two are in Shanxi Province, so they are even more precious. 1992 was announced as a provincial key cultural relics protection unit, and now it is included in the national dictionary of scenic spots.