Temple of the Holy Mother of the Five Sacred Mountains

Temple of the Holy Mother of the Five Sacred Mountains

The Temple of the Holy Mother of the Five Sacred Mountains is a cultural tourism attraction.

The Temple of the Holy Mother of the Five Sacred Mountains is located atop Bifeng Mountain, 300 meters east of Shiling Natural Village at the foot of the mountain in Xiling Village, Bajiao Town, Shenchi County. It faces south. The temple stretches 67.1 meters from north to south and 25.6 meters from east to west, covering an area of 1,717 square meters. According to a stele inside the temple dating back to the 17th year of the Hongzhi reign during the Ming Dynasty (1504), it was originally named the Five Sacred Mountains Temple of Bifeng Mountain. It was renovated in the 11th year of the Yongzheng reign during the Qing Dynasty (1733). The current structures date back to the Qing Dynasty. The temple features a two-courtyard layout, with a theatrical stage, a front hall, and the main hall arranged along the central axis, and wing rooms and side gates on the east and west sides. The southern courtyard is called Longquan Temple, and the northern one is called Niangniang Temple. The buildings are all stone cave dwellings. Each hall has murals, distributed in two overlapping layers, covering an approximate area of 30 square meters, though they have become blurred and unclear over time. There are four stone steles from the Ming and Qing dynasties preserved in the temple (three of which are damaged). In 1987, it was designated as a county-level cultural relics protection unit by the People’s Government of Shenchi County. (Excerpt from “A Collection of Cultural Relics in Xinzhou”)

Source: Xinzhou Website

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