Shangmenwang Dingxiang Temple

Shangmenwang Dingxiang Temple

Shangmenwang Dingxiang Temple is a cultural relic protection unit of Dai County.

Shangmenwang Dingxiang Temple is located in Shangmenwang Village, Shangmofang Township, Dai County. According to an inscription in the temple, it was originally built during the Yuandade era (1297–1307), destroyed in warfare at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and then rebuilt in the first year of the Jingtai era (1450) and the second year of the Hongzhi era (1489). It underwent multiple renovations during the Qing Dynasty. The temple faces south and covers an area of 3,010 square meters. It has a single-courtyard layout, and currently only the Mahavira Hall remains from the original structure, which dates back to the Qing Dynasty; the rest have been newly built. The Mahavira Hall is a two-story wooden pavilion on a brick foundation. The base is 16.9 meters wide, 10.1 meters deep, and 1.3 meters high. The hall has three bays in width and four rafters in depth, featuring a double-eave hip-and-gable roof and a five-purlin corridor-style framework. On the first floor, the front eaves of the central and side bays are fitted with six-panel and four-panel six-grid lattice doors; on the second floor, the front eaves of the central and side bays have six-panel and four-panel five-grid lattice doors. There are currently two stone pagoda lanterns and five steles recording renovations from the Ming and Qing Dynasties in the temple. In 1965, it was designated as a county-level cultural relic protection unit by the People’s Government of Dai County. (Content excerpted from “A Collection of Cultural Relics in Xinzhou”)

Source: Xinzhou Website

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