Zhongying Temple (Wang Anshi Memorial Hall)

Zhongying Temple (Wang Anshi Memorial Hall)

Zhongying Temple (Wang Anshi Memorial Hall) is a cultural relics protection unit of Yinzhou District.

Zhongying Temple, commonly known as Wang Anshi Temple, is located in Xiashui Village, Dongqian Lake Town (east bank of Dongqian Lake), and was designated as a county-level cultural relics protection unit in 1987.

The temple was built during the Jiaqing reign of the Qing Dynasty (1796–1826) as a five-bay quadrangle courtyard with a flush-gable roof style. Due to years of neglect and severe damage to some structures, the temple was fully restored in 1986. The central hall now features a painted clay seated statue of Wang Anshi, while the side rooms house an exhibition on “Wang Anshi’s Historical Traces in Yinzhou.”

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