Jincheng Jade Emperor Temple in Shanxi | Twenty-eight Constellations Colored Sculptures

| Twenty-eight Constellations Colored Sculptures.🌟The twenty-eight constellations are twenty-eight star regions divided by ancient Chinese astronomers for observing the movement of the sun, moon, and five stars, composed of seven constellations each from the Azure Dragon of the East, the Vermilion Bird of the South, the White Tiger of the West, and the Black Tortoise of the North. The twenty-eight constellations are the names of constellations in astronomy. In the Tang Dynasty, the Five Elements scholar Yuan Tiangang combined the twenty-eight constellations with twenty-eight animals, and assigned one of the characters of the sun, moon, gold, wood, water, fire, and earth under each constellation name. The sun and the moon are yin and yang, and gold, wood, water, fire, and earth are the five elements, so the names of the twenty-eight constellations are formed by these three combinations. 🌟Treasures of Jincheng Jade Emperor Temple 1⃣Twenty-eight Constellations Colored Sculptures: Works of Yuan Dynasty art master Liu Lun, unique in the country, representing the highest achievement of ancient Chinese sculpture art, located in the Twenty-eight Constellations Hall on the west side of the backyard. 2⃣Glazed Components: The twenty-eight constellations glazed figures and the glazed lions on the ridge and the glazed kirin on the back slope of the Golden Age burnt in front and behind the ridge of the Jade Emperor Hall of the Song Dynasty are the only remaining items of similar glazed products in China; the peacock blue glazed tiles covering the first gate and the glazed god platforms concentrated in the halls of the middle courtyard are also very precious. 3⃣Wood Carvings: The various god statues in the Chengtang Hall of the Jin Dynasty and the three tower-style god niches are all fine wood carvings. The main building of the god niche is more than 5 meters high, with a double-eave Xieshan top, and the two ear buildings are double-eave Xuan Mountain tops. The overall design is exquisite, the shape is rigorous, the layers are rich, and the knife technique is delicate, which can be described as a small wooden art masterpiece. 4⃣Murals: Most of the murals in the temple have been damaged, and the remaining murals are all works of different periods, each with its own characteristics, which is precious. The best preserved is the front mural in the Twelve Yuan Chen Hall. 5⃣Colored Sculptures: The temple houses more than 260 colored sculptures from different periods such as the Song, Jin, and Yuan dynasties, all of which are Taoist gods, from the Jade Emperor, the Universal Star Monarch, to the Three Walls, Four Saints, Nine Yao, Twelve Chen; there are both the Wind and Rain Masters, the Silkworm Raising, Wen Zhen, Wu Dao; there are also Gao Qi, Horse God, Bull King, Six Plagues; it can be said that it gathers people, ghosts, gods, and immortals together, and it can be said to systematically display the Chinese Taoist gods system with artistic methods, with extraordinary viewing value and cultural relic value. ❤Tour Guide: Navigation: Zezhou County Jade Emperor Temple, free parking near the entrance. Tickets: Free