Yongquan Temple

Yongquan Temple

Yongquan Temple is a cultural heritage site protected by Fanshi County.

Yongquan Temple is located in Beiguan Village, Shahe Town, Fanshi County. It faces south and measures 108 meters from north to south and 21 meters from east to west, covering an area of 2,268 square meters. According to a restoration stele from the third year of the Jiaqing reign in the Qing Dynasty (1798), the temple was originally built during the Hongzhi era of the Ming Dynasty. Aside from the main hall, which dates back to the Ming Dynasty, all other structures are from the Qing Dynasty. The temple features a two-courtyard layout, with structures arranged along a central axis that includes, in sequence, a theater stage, a passageway hall, and the main hall, flanked by side halls on the east and west. The main hall sits on a stone base, has a width of three bays, a depth of six rafters, and a seven-rafter framework without a surrounding corridor. It has a single-eave hip-and-gable roof. The front eaves of the central and side bays are fitted with lattice doors, and the column-top bracket sets feature intricate designs. In the year 1798, a stele commemorating the temple’s restoration was erected, and in 1885, another stone plaque marking further restoration was installed. On April 15, 1985, the Fanshi County People's Government designated it as a county-level cultural heritage protection site.

Source: Xinzhou Net

Shahe Town: Shahe Town is located in the central part of Fanshi County, covering a total area of 222 square kilometers and comprising 43 administrative villages. It was known as Shahe Commune in 1978 and was renamed Shahe Town in 1984. By the end of 2012, the town had 14,994 households and a population of 42,217.

In 1984, Shahe Town was listed by the National Ministry of Construction as a pilot town for small-town development in China, and in 1988, it was named a Model Town for Township Enterprises and a Billion-Yuan Town by the provincial government.

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