introduce

It is located in the southwest of Hengshui City. The stele records that it was first built in the Sui Dynasty. In fact, there were already temples here as early as the Southern and Northern Dynasties. According to legend, in its heyday, the temple area covered 30 acres, and there were nearly a hundred halls.  

There is a tower in Baoyun Temple with a height of 36.5 meters. The body of the tower is an octahedral pyramid brick and wood structure. There are doors on four sides from the fourth floor. The architectural styles of each floor of the tower are different. , with great momentum. If you climb to the top of the tower, you need to have a certain amount of courage, because every time you climb to one floor, you have to circle the tower halfway to find the entrance on the other side.

opening hours

8:30-17:00 all year round

must see tips

Tips:
Visit the temple and touch the "thousand-year immortal grass" to feel the vicissitudes of history. "Millennium Immortal Grass" belongs to Orchidaceae, also known as rush grass, which is a perennial herb. The tree in the temple was planted by Wang Zhihuan, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty. In the second year of Tang Kaiyuan, the 26-year-old Wang Zhihuan was highly appreciated by Prime Minister Zhang Jiuling, and was recommended to be the chief bookkeeper of Hengshui County at that time. When I left, I saw the pier rush grass in front of the Xiangye's mansion, and I was touched by the scene, so I said to the Xiangye: This grass is not greedy for fat and water, and it will always be green for thousands of years. Since the virtuous Prime Minister trusts me, the students must be like this greedy horse rush, not afraid of hardships in their official career for the country and the people, and always maintain the righteous qualities of literati. And got a few trees to plant in Hengshui, leaving a good story through the ages.