Yongji Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Apr)

The only temple where love is spoken of

Pujiu Temple is located 3 kilometers east of the ancient city of Puzhou in Yongji City, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, on the top of Emei Yuan. Pujiu Temple was founded during the Tang Dynasty under Empress Wu Zetian, originally named Xiyong Qingyuan, and is a Buddhist Zen monastery in all directions. The love story of 'Hongniang tying the red thread under the moon, Zhang Sheng cleverly meeting Cui Yingying' mentioned in Wang Shifu's 'The Romance of the Western Chamber' by Yuan Dynasty took place inside Pujiu Temple. The temple's halls, pavilions, galleries, and pagodas are built upon the plateau, rising step by step, giving a sense of grandeur, majesty, and elegance. Interspersed among them are 'Xixuan' where Zhang Sheng stayed, 'Lihua Deep Courtyard' where Cui Yingying's family lived, and 'Shuzhai Courtyard' where Zhang Sheng moved after the white horse resolved the siege. Behind the temple is a garden with undulating terrain, forming a lively garden. The rockery in the garden is precipitous as if cut, and the 'Oriole Language Pavilion' has flying eaves and upturned corners. A curved path like a magpie bridge stretches across the lotus pond, connecting pavilions and bridges, lakes, and mountains. Yingying's 'Moon Worship Platform' is hidden among green pines, cypresses, and thousands of bamboo poles. The Yingying Pagoda standing in the temple is not only simple in shape and spectacular, but also famous for its unique structure and clear echo effect. Visitors knock on the side of the pagoda with a stone, and the pagoda will emit a crisp and pleasant 'croak-croak' sound of a toad, which amazes visitors. This pagoda, along with the Echo Wall of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, the Pagoda of Baolun Temple in Henan, and the 'Stone Qin' in the Dafo Temple in Tongnan District, Chongqing, is known as one of the four great echo buildings in China; together with the Shaking Head Pagoda in Shan State, Myanmar, the Music Tower in Sopron, Hungary, the Fragrance Tower in Marrakesh, Morocco, the Bell Tower in Paris, France, and the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy, it is known as one of the six wonders of the world.

Pujiu Temple in Yongji, Shanxi

Pujiu Temple was first built during the period of Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty, originally named Xiyongqing Court, and is a Buddhist temple of the Ten Directions. The love story of "Hongniang leading the red line under the moon, Zhang Sheng cleverly meeting Cui Yingying" mentioned in Wang Shipu's "Cui Yingying Waiting for the Moon in the West Chamber" during the Yuan Dynasty took place in Pujiu Temple. Since 1986, the newly restored Pujiu Temple, the layout of the temple buildings is divided into three layers: upper, middle and lower, and three axes: east, middle and west (the west axis is from the Tang Dynasty, the middle axis is from the Song and Jin Dynasties, and the east axis is from the Ming and Qing Dynasties), with a grand scale and unique style. From the top of the plateau to the bottom, the halls and pavilions, the corridors and Buddha pagodas, rely on the plateau to rise step by step, giving people a sense of majesty and elegance. In addition, the buildings closely related to the story of "The West Chamber": the "West Pavilion" where Zhang Sheng stayed, the "Pear Blossom Deep Courtyard" where Cui Yingying's family lived, and the "Study Courtyard" where Zhang Sheng moved after the white horse was relieved are interspersed among them. Behind the temple is a garden with lively terrain. The stacked rockery in the garden is as dangerous as cutting, and the double pavilions of the oriole are flying eaves. The curved path of the magpie bridge is horizontally erected on the lotus pond, and the pavilion and bridge are connected, and the lake and mountain are connected. Yingying's "Moon Worship Platform" is hidden among the green pines and cypresses and thousands of bamboo poles. The Yingying Tower standing in the temple is not only simple in shape and spectacular, but also famous for its unique structure and obvious echo effect. Tourists will knock on the side of the tower with a stone, and the tower will make a crisp and pleasant "croak-" "croak-" frog call, which is amazing. According to the local chronicles, it is called "Pujiu Toad Sound", which is one of the eight scenes of Yongji in ancient times. Due to the publication of "The West Chamber", the "Buddhist Temple without Over the World" Pujiu Temple became famous, and the relic tower in the temple was also renamed "Yingying Tower" and became famous. And the beautiful and moving love story has been shaking people's hearts for thousands of years. It is the place where the story of the famous Chinese historical drama "The West Chamber" took place. There is a square brick tower in the temple, originally named Relic Tower, commonly known as Yingying Tower. This tower, together with the Echo Wall of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, the Tower of Baolun Temple in Henan, and the "Stone Qin" in the Big Buddha Temple in Tongnan District, Chongqing, are known as the four major echo buildings in China; and the Shaking Head Tower in Shan State, Myanmar, the Music Tower in Solnok, Hungary, the Incense Tower in Marrakesh, Morocco, the Bell Tower in Paris, France, and the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy, are known as the six major wonders of the world. The heart makes it a famous tourist attraction.

This ancient temple has a well-known love story

Pujiu Temple: Founded in the Tang Dynasty. There is a well-known love story about this ancient temple, which took place in Yongji Pujiu Temple. Old lady Zheng, with her daughter Cui Yingying, son Huanlang, maid Hongniang, and the coffin of the former prime minister Cui, was on her way back to her hometown. They stayed temporarily in the west wing of Pujiu Temple. Cui Yingying and Zhang Sheng, a poor scholar, fell in love at first sight in the temple. Zhang Sheng also lived in the temple for his exam preparation. At that time, the situation was chaotic, and the rebels surrounded Pujiu Temple and wanted to rob Cui Yingying as the wife of the village. The old lady had no choice but to promise 'whoever can repel the rebels and rescue them, she will marry her daughter to him, and even give a dowry'. Zhang Sheng wrote a letter to his friend, the White Horse General, who saved everyone. However, the old lady went back on her word and wanted to recognize each other as siblings. However, with the help of Hongniang, Zhang Sheng and Cui Yingying had already decided to spend their lives together and agreed to meet again after Zhang Sheng's exam. This is the story of 'The West Chamber'. I like Wang Shipu's ending of lovers finally getting together. Although the plot is a bit lacking in impact, there are already many tragic love stories, and it's also good to have a happy ending. Walking in Pujiu Temple, looking at Cui Yingying's former residence, Yingying Tower, etc., imagining that beautiful love story, is also very interesting.

Wanggu Temple in Yongji, Shanxi (Northern Wei Dynasty)

Wanggu Temple, located 300 meters south of Shengli Village, Guxin Zhuang, Puzhou Town, Yongji City, faces east and west, built against the mountain. It is 200 meters long from east to west, 100 meters wide from north to south, covering an area of 20,000 square meters. In October 2019, Wanggu Temple in Yongji was designated by the State Council as the eighth batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units. According to inscriptions in the temple, Wanggu Temple was founded in the third year of the Zhengguang era of the Northern Wei Dynasty (522 AD), rebuilt in the eighth year of the Dazhong era of the Tang Dynasty (854 AD), became a famous temple in Hedong during the Song Dynasty, underwent multiple renovations during the Hongwu and Tianshun eras of the Ming Dynasty, was destroyed by an earthquake in the thirty-fourth year of the Jiajing era (1555 AD), and was rebuilt during the Wanli era (1573-1620 AD), forming its present layout. Wanggu Temple is built on a mountain, with a brick plaque inscribed with 'The First Zen Forest' above the mountain gate. Entering the gate leads to the Mahavira Hall, also known as the Hall of Ten Thousand Buddhas, a brick and stone structure from the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty, with solemn walls but no surviving Buddha statues. Ascending the stone steps beside the temple, in the middle is the Medicine Buddha Cave with five rooms, each with a door and three bracket sets with five brackets each, housing the Medicine Buddha. Further up is the Pagoda Courtyard, surrounded by carved walls, with the Sakyamuni Pagoda standing in the center, an octagonal plane thirteen-tiered dense-eave style brick pagoda, 54.6 meters high. The pagoda is made of blue bricks and has a significant taper from top to bottom. The temple preserves 22 steles from the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, and four stone carvings of the Pilu Pavilion's water and land. The bottom layer of the pagoda has a door on the south side, with a spiral staircase inside, leading to the top. From afar, the southward flow of the Yellow River resembles a winding golden belt. Behind the pagoda is the Infinite Hall, five bays wide and two stories high, housing the Infinite Life Buddha. The hall is made of blue bricks, carved with floral patterns and bracket sets, and has no beam structure, commonly known as the Beamless Hall. The last structure in the temple is the Arhat Hall, near the mountain peak. The temple originally housed sixty-three celestial images painted by Wu Zhou Cao of the Tang Dynasty, which have long since perished. Now, four engraved Arhat images remain, vivid in expression, retaining the legacy of the Tang Dynasty.

Yongji Wangu Temple in Shanxi

Yongji Wangu Temple is located in Luyu Village, Puzhou Town, Yongji City. According to the inscription, the temple was established in the third year of Zhengguang of the Northern Wei Dynasty (522), rebuilt in the eighth year of Dazhong of the Tang Dynasty (854), and was a famous temple in Hedong during the Song Dynasty. It was rebuilt many times during the Hongwu and Tianshun periods of the Ming Dynasty. It was destroyed by an earthquake in the 34th year of Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty (1555), and was rebuilt during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty (1573-1620), known as the "First Zen Forest in Zhongtiao". The original central axis from west to east includes the bell tower, drum tower, Daxiong Hall, Yaoshi Cave, Shuilu Hall, Duobao Buddha Pagoda, Wuliang Hall, Sutra Collection Pavilion, etc. There were originally Wangu Sub-Temple, East and West Monk Temples, and Arhat Hall on the south side. Only Yaoshi Cave, Duobao Buddha Pagoda, and Wuliang Hall are left, which are of Ming Dynasty architectural style. On October 7, 2019, it was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

Journey to Shanxi—Wangu Temple in Yongji

Wangu Temple, founded in the third year of Zhengguang in the Northern Wei Dynasty (AD 522), has a history of 1500 years. According to the 'Yongji County Chronicles', it was originally named 'Caizai Temple'. After being rebuilt in the Sui Dynasty, it was renamed Wangu Temple, meaning 'eternal for thousands of years'. During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, the court incorporated nearby temples into Wangu Temple, making it a grand and highly revered Buddhist holy land, known as the 'first Zen forest in Zhongtiao'. Tang Dynasty poet Geng Hui left the verse 'Clouds open at midnight, a thousand villages are quiet, the moon rises in the middle peak, ten thousand ravines are bright' here. Poet Liu Shiqi wrote the beautiful lines 'A bamboo path is shaded green, the wind chimes on the tower sound beyond the sky'. There are many Buddhist pagodas in Wangu Temple, the earliest of which, the Duobao Buddhist Pagoda, was built in AD 522 and is the earliest Buddhist pagoda in Chinese tower architecture. There is also the 'Beamless Hall' built against the cliff on the east side of the ancient pagoda, facing west. It was designed by the architectural master and monk Miaofeng, who took a unique approach and built it entirely with bricks, with the top forming a dome-shaped caisson. The most eye-catching is the three huge hemispherical domes inside the second floor of the Wuliang Hall, which are cleverly decorated with imitation bracket arch bricks, setting a precedent for the use of brick caisson and bracket arch decoration in religious buildings. The application of this elongated hemispherical dome load-bearing roof technology in religious buildings has well inherited China's traditional brick arch technology, forming a gorgeous bracket arch decorated dome caisson, elevating bricklaying technology to an extreme state, and its preservation to this day is astonishing. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Tips: The admission is free, compared to other popular temples, it is more quiet here, and the ancient relics are well preserved. It's worth spending half a day to a full day for a detailed visit. The cats kept by the monks in the temple are also very quiet and friendly, very cute. The opening hours in summer are 6:30 am to 7:00 pm, and in winter are 8:00 am to 6:00 pm.

Weekend Trip‖Yongji Shentan Grand Canyon‖Close to nature

🎈Yongji Shentan Grand Canyon is a valley at the northern foot of the Zhongtiao Mountain in the southeast direction of Yongji City, Shanxi. 🎈Its scope includes the entire Shuiyukou Village as well as the deep mountains, canyons, and forests behind the village. Strange stones, waterfalls, special geological landscapes, streams, forests, natural folk villages, constitute the unique attraction of Shentan Grand Canyon scenic area. 🎈In addition to the original natural landscape, the biggest highlight here is the full-featured traditional snacks and exquisite traditional crafts, dazzling, colorful, walking in it, as if through a thousand years, worth visiting. ⛰️The process of climbing the mountain is very enjoyable. Stop and go to see the scenery. There are various sounds such as water flow, cicadas and birds in the ears. It's really healing❤️‍🩹 ⛰️Sisters who like climbing must come to see the waterfall. It's not very cold in the mountains. It feels cool when passing by the waterfall🏔️ 🎫Ticket: 💰30 (can be bought on site or online) 🎫Through ticket:💰50 (you can play the above amusement projects) Location:📍Shentan Grand Canyon, Yongji City, Shanxi Province Route:🔍Navigate directly to search for "Shentan Grand Canyon"

Shen Tan Grand Canyon is located in Yongji City, Shanxi Province

Shen Tan Grand Canyon is located in Yongji City, Shanxi Province, located at the Shuiyu mouth of Yuncheng Yongji, located in the valley of the northern foot of the Zhongtiao Mountain, about 480 kilometers away from the provincial capital Taiyuan, and only about two kilometers away from Yongji Electric Machinery Factory. The geographical location is relatively superior, with the main attractions such as the bathing pool of E Huang and Nu Ying and the millennium tortoise and Guan Gong's sword testing platform, as well as the lifelike Guan Gong culture wax museum. Among them, tourists can also wear ancient costumes to travel through history. In addition to this, the ancient village of Shuiyu mouth in the scenic area must not be ignored. In addition to the original ecological natural landscape, the biggest highlight is the full-featured traditional snacks and exquisite traditional crafts, which are dazzling and colorful. Walking in it is like traveling through a thousand years and worth visiting. In addition to the original ecological natural landscape and characteristic food, Shen Tan Grand Canyon has also introduced many amusement facilities projects, such as the kart suitable for all ages and the thrilling jungle flying squirrel, as well as the heart-pounding glass plank road and the winding high-altitude slide, which are deeply loved by tourists. What is different from other scenic spots is that Shen Tan Grand Canyon has two scenic spot gates. The first gate is free for tourists to enter, and the second gate is charged. At that time, the journey of Shen Tan Grand Canyon really started. It should be noted that between the first and second gates, it is the location of amusement facilities and characteristic snacks, and it is also a must-pass place for tourists before officially entering the scenic area. After you officially start the tour mode, it is recommended to first go to experience the high-altitude glass plank road and the hollow glass bridge and the high-altitude steel cable bridge, as well as the heart-pounding monkey winding ancient road. These are all classic projects in the scenic area and must not be ignored. Then start the mountain climbing mode, because the valley scenery is beautiful, the stream along the way is endless, the mountain is flat and the lake, so it will not seem very hard. After the tour on the mountain top is over, you can choose to return the same way, or you can choose to take the slide down the mountain. It is recommended to choose the latter, which can feel the flying speed and appreciate the scenery along the way from different angles, which is the best of both worlds.

To exhaust the view of a thousand miles, ascend one more floor

To exhaust the view of a thousand miles, ascend one more floor. Seeing the Gaoque Tower in the textbook, compared to the other three famous towers, the Gaoque Tower seems particularly desolate. 'Ascending the Gaoque Tower' is well known to everyone, but how many people know it is in Yuncheng, Shanxi! Tower beauty of Shanxi ancient architecture partner plan 2024

Journey to Shanxi - Guanque Tower in Yuncheng

Guanque Tower in Shanxi, along with Tengwang Pavilion, Yueyang Tower, and Yellow Crane Tower, is hailed as one of the four great cultural towers of ancient China. It is famous worldwide because of Wang Zhihuan's poem 'Ascending the Guanque Tower'. Guanque Tower is a high-platform cross-hipped roof tower, with an exterior of 3 floors and 4 eaves, and an interior of 9 floors of usable space. It is equipped with elevators and stairs for vertical transportation. The entire tower is divided into two parts: the base and the body, with a total height of 73.9 meters, making it the tallest among the four great towers and one of the most exquisite imitation towers in China. The entire oil painting of Guanque Tower is a lost Tang Dynasty painting art in China. After multiple investigations and rescues by experts from the National Cultural Relics Bureau, it was recreated and designed. Therefore, Guanque Tower is the only Tang Dynasty building in China that has been restored using Tang Dynasty painting art. The 'Ascending the Guanque Tower' by Wang Zhihuan leaves us with the ambition of climbing high and advancing to a higher level. Guanque Tower has now been reborn from the ashes. After climbing more than a hundred steps, you will arrive at the door of Guanque Tower. Above the door, there are four golden characters 'Wen Cui Li Tang', and a couplet is engraved on the pillars on both sides: 'The sun in the sky is three thousand feet high; the Yellow River's first tower rises from the ground.' |Guanque Tower|Ticket: 40 Opening hours: 08:30-18:00 (4.1-10.31) 09:00-17:00 (11.1-3.31) Location: On the west side of the ancient city of Puzhou in Yongji City, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, next to the Yellow River

One of the four famous buildings in ancient China was burnt down in only 700 years, but it was passed down for thousands of years in the Tang Dynasty. Many well-known buildings in ancient China were all known by poetry and are still known today. There are many famous buildings in the ancient times, but there are several versions of the four famous buildings. Among them, the Yellow Crane Tower, Yueyang Tower and Tengwang Pavilion are uncontroversial. The Jianque Building in Shanxi is one of the four famous buildings of a certain edition. Of course, there is also one. The version is Penglai Pavilion in Penglai, Shandong. is located on the east bank of the Yellow River in Yongji City, Shanxi Province. Many people know that the Louquelou is because of a poem written by the Tang Dynastys great talented Wang Zhizhi, Dengyuquelou, The Day of the Mountain, the Yellow River The sea current. To be a thousand miles, to a higher level." An ancient poem has let the However, the original purpose of the building was but military use. It was built in the Northern Zhou Dynasty more than 1400 years ago, and it was used as a military lookout, because it was named after the bird. After the Jianque Building was built more than 100 years later, the Tang Dynasty Dacaizi Wang Zhixuan visited Puzhou and boarded the Louquelou, writing this immortal poem. However, the Jianque Building only existed for more than 700 years and was burned in the war between Jin Bing and the Yuan soldiers fighting for Puzhou. After more than 700 years, the has not been rebuilt, only the remains, there are still countless literati to visit. Later, due to the diversion of the Yellow River and other reasons, the site of the Qiquelou could not be found, and it became a famous building that only existed in literary works. Until 1997, the building was rebuilt on the east bank of the Yellow River in Yongji City, but it was not the original site. The newly-built Yuquelou was officially opened to tourists in 2002. It is a replica of Tang Dynasty, 73.9 meters high, and has become a well-known tourist attraction in Yongji. Like some other rebuilt ancient buildings, the elevator is also installed in the . Visitors can take the elevator to the 6-story viewing platform. The Yellow River is not far away. Wang Zhizhen is working hard to write a book, as if returning to the Tang Dynasty. The word is very attractive to many tourists. Although it is not a monument, it is always very interesting to find the corresponding object in ancient poetry. There is a Pujindu ruins not far from the sacred building. The big iron ox in the Tang Dynasty is the real original.

Dongyaowen Paifang in Yongji, Shanxi

Dongyaowen Paifang consists of one existing brick and one stone paifang. The stone paifang was built in the first year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty (1628) by Zhang, the wife of Wang Jinzhi, a scholar from Puzhou. It faces east and is 9.75 meters wide. It has four pillars and five floors, with three wide spaces and a single bridge and a large temple roof. All three spaces below are passages, with the middle one wider than the two side ones. There is a Sumeru stone seat under the pillars. The brick paifang was built in the 40th year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1775) by Wang, the wife of Meng Ting, a former scholar, as a festival filial piety arch. It faces east and is 13 meters wide. The main body is made of brick, with four pillars and three floors, round straight pillars, and a single eave imitating a wooden hip roof. The top of the three spaces is a brick imitation wooden structure, with a single eave hip roof, flat tiles, and flower-ridge beasts. The existing main body of Dongyaowen Paifang is intact and has high historical value. In October 2019, Dongyaowen Paifang was announced by the State Council of the People's Republic of China as the eighth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.