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Zhao Gao Temple is located in the Tiantai Mountain Valley, approximately 3,000 meters north of Hongsi Village, Xingao Township, Dai County. Legend has it that during the late Spring and Autumn Period, after Zhao Xiangzi conquered the State of Dai, the wife of the Dai ruler committed suicide, while the other concubines were led to safety by the chancellor Zhao Gao. They went into hiding in Tiantai Mountain. Later generations, in honor of his merit and virtue, built a shrine here in his reverence, thus naming it Zhao Gao Temple. According to inscriptions in the temple, it was originally established during the Northern Wei Dynasty and underwent major renovations during the Chenghua era (1465–1487) and Wanli era (1573–1620) of the Ming Dynasty, as well as additions during the Kangxi era (1662–1722) of the Qing Dynasty. The temple consists of two cave sections, northern and southern, covering a total area of 2,220 square meters. The existing main hall in the northern cave is a relic from the Ming Dynasty, while the rest of the structures date back to the Qing Dynasty. The southern cave, named "Zizai Hermitage," features a naturally formed stone cave with wooden eaves built along its outer wall. The northern cave is built along the mountain terrain and includes three courtyards, each facing different directions. The third courtyard faces south and is situated on a north-south axis, featuring the Skanda Hall and the Main Hall in the center, flanked by side halls, wing rooms, and the Chaoyuan Cave. The Main Hall sits on a stone foundation, which is 9 meters wide, 6.9 meters deep, and 0.65 meters high. It is three bays wide and four rafters deep, with a single-eave flush-gable roof, and a five-rafter front porch structure. The front eaves of the central and side bays are fitted with four-panel lattice doors. Three pavilions have been built against the mountainside to the north and northeast of the northern cave. The temple grounds also preserve four Ming Dynasty renovation steles, fourteen Qing Dynasty renovation and donor steles (tablets), five Republican-era renovation and donor steles, and a pair of Qing Dynasty flagpoles. In 1996, it was designated as a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit by the People’s Government of Shanxi Province. (Content excerpted from "A Collection of Cultural Relics in Xinzhou.")

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Zhao Gao Temple

Zhao Gao Temple is a cultural relic protection unit of Shanxi Province.

Zhao Gao Temple is located in the Tiantai Mountain Valley, approximately 3,000 meters north of Hongsi Village, Xingao Township, Dai County. Legend has it that during the late Spring and Autumn Period, after Zhao Xiangzi conquered the State of Dai, the wife of the Dai ruler committed suicide, while the other concubines were led to safety by the chancellor Zhao Gao. They went into hiding in Tiantai Mountain. Later generations, in honor of his merit and virtue, built a shrine here in his reverence, thus naming it Zhao Gao Temple.

According to inscriptions in the temple, it was originally established during the Northern Wei Dynasty and underwent major renovations during the Chenghua era (1465–1487) and Wanli era (1573–1620) of the Ming Dynasty, as well as additions during the Kangxi era (1662–1722) of the Qing Dynasty. The temple consists of two cave sections, northern and southern, covering a total area of 2,220 square meters. The existing main hall in the northern cave is a relic from the Ming Dynasty, while the rest of the structures date back to the Qing Dynasty. The southern cave, named "Zizai Hermitage," features a naturally formed stone cave with wooden eaves built along its outer wall. The northern cave is built along the mountain terrain and includes three courtyards, each facing different directions. The third courtyard faces south and is situated on a north-south axis, featuring the Skanda Hall and the Main Hall in the center, flanked by side halls, wing rooms, and the Chaoyuan Cave. The Main Hall sits on a stone foundation, which is 9 meters wide, 6.9 meters deep, and 0.65 meters high. It is three bays wide and four rafters deep, with a single-eave flush-gable roof, and a five-rafter front porch structure. The front eaves of the central and side bays are fitted with four-panel lattice doors. Three pavilions have been built against the mountainside to the north and northeast of the northern cave. The temple grounds also preserve four Ming Dynasty renovation steles, fourteen Qing Dynasty renovation and donor steles (tablets), five Republican-era renovation and donor steles, and a pair of Qing Dynasty flagpoles. In 1996, it was designated as a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit by the People’s Government of Shanxi Province. (Content excerpted from "A Collection of Cultural Relics in Xinzhou.")

Source: Xinzhou Net

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