Temple of Lie Yukou

Temple of Lie Yukou

The Temple of Lie Yukou is a cultural relic protection unit of Zhengzhou City.

The Temple of Lie Yukou is located in the Yellow River flood plain in the eastern part of Zhengzhou, on the western edge of the eastern Henan plain, historically known as Putian Marsh. The temple was originally situated in the northern part of Putian Village. Its founding date is unknown. According to an inscription on a stele, in the eighth year of the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty (1580), imperial censor Su Minwang, while inspecting Henan, passed through Putian and learned of the site. He then ordered Xu Rusheng, an official of the rank of Prefectural Attendant and Magistrate of Zhengzhou, to rebuild the temple and erect a stele inscribed with “Record of the Reconstruction of the Temple of Lie Yukou.” The original temple complex consisted of 15 structures including a main hall with a flush-gable roof, a covered corridor, side chambers on both sides, a passageway hall, and a gate tower, arranged in a rectangular courtyard. In 1964, the temple was demolished and a primary school was built on its former site. By 2006, under the leadership of Zhang Jingui, a villager from Putian, the Temple of Lie Yukou was restored and rebuilt 15 meters east of its original location, and completed in October of that year. The newly built temple largely retains the original appearance, measuring 35 meters in length from north to south and 20 meters in width from east to west, covering an area of 700 square meters. The main hall has three rooms, built in a traditional Chinese architectural style, facing south, and houses a statue of Lie Yukou. There are currently three extant stelae in the Temple of Lie Yukou: one from the Ming Dynasty Wanli era, measuring 0.85 meters in width, 2.68 meters in height, and 0.17 meters in thickness; one from the Qing Dynasty Kangxi era, measuring 0.66 meters in width, 1.2 meters in height, and 0.13 meters in thickness; and another stele that has become illegible due to long-term weathering and erosion.

Second Batch of Key Cultural Relic Protection Units of Zhengzhou City

Address: North of Putian Village, Putian Township, Guancheng Hui District, Zhengzhou City

Information Source: Zhengzhou Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics

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