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Two stone stelae of Xinglong Temple

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On May 10, 1995, they were designated as county-level key cultural relics protection units by the People's Government of Zhengding County. The "Xinglong Temple Stele," also known as the "Stele for the Expansion of Xinglong Temple," was originally erected to the west of Dongpingyue Village, 400 meters from the Beijing-Shenzhen Expressway (at the original site of Xinglong Temple), and was relocated to Longxing Temple for preservation in 2005. It is now located at the southern perimeter wall of the Longteng Garden in Longxing Temple...

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The two stone stelae of Xinglong Temple are protected cultural relics units of Zhengding County.

On May 10, 1995, they were designated as county-level key cultural relics protection units by the People's Government of Zhengding County.

The "Xinglong Temple Stele," also known as the "Stele for the Expansion of Xinglong Temple," was originally erected to the west of Dongpingyue Village, 400 meters from the Beijing-Shenzhen Expressway (at the original site of Xinglong Temple), and was relocated to Longxing Temple for preservation in 2005. It is now located at the southern perimeter wall of the Longteng Garden in Longxing Temple. Carved and erected in the third year of the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty (1575), the text was composed by Liang Menglong, Vice Minister of War. The stele is made of bluestone, with a stele head featuring four intertwining dragons and an incomplete base in the form of a mythical turtle. The body of the stele measures 209 cm in height, 85 cm in width, and 29.3 cm in thickness. The inscription mainly describes several instances of construction and expansion at Xinglong Temple during the Jiajing and Longqing eras, including the addition of the Water-Land Hall, Bell and Drum Tower, and Skanda Hall.