Erlang Temple - China Travel

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Erlang Temple is located in Jiayuan Village, Dihua Town, 15 kilometers west of Danfeng County, which is also the hometown of cultural celebrity Jia Pingwa. Erlang Temple is a provincial key cultural relic protection unit.

Erlang Temple was built in the third year of Jin Da'an (AD 1211), with a history of more than 790 years. According to legend, after the Kingdom of Jin invaded the Southern Song Dynasty and went to Longjuzhai, it met the soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty who fought hard to resist. The shape of the temple is integrated with the architectural art of the Han people to build the Erlang Temple on Dihua Street. Erlang is a combination of Jin and Han architectural techniques. Due to the short history of the Jin Dynasty, there are few cultural relics and historic sites left. There are only three temples with the architectural style of the Jin Dynasty in the country, and the other two are in Shanxi Province, so they are even more precious.

Erlang Temple is three rooms wide, with a brick and wood structure. The roof of the temple is in the corner style of Xieshan, with five ridges and four slopes on the top. It is covered with colorful glazed tiles. Erlang Temple originally enshrined Li Erlang, the "God of Erlang". He was the second son of Li Bing in the Qin Dynasty. " and other literary and artistic works, Li Erlang was changed to Yang Erlang and Yang Jian.