Beishe Sanzong Temple

Beishe Sanzong Temple

Beishe Sanzong Temple is a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

Beishe Sanzong Temple

Beishe Sanzong Temple (4th Provincial-Level Protected Site)

Era: Yuan and Qing Dynasties

Address: Beishe Village, Beishe Township, Pingshun County

Beishe Sanzong Temple is located in Beishe Village, Beishe Township, Pingshun County. It faces south with a northward orientation, is 25.7 meters wide from east to west and 37.5 meters long from north to south, covering an area of 860 square meters. The year of its establishment is unknown, but the current main structures date back to the Yuan and Qing Dynasties.

Along the central axis from south to north are the theater stage, offering hall, and main hall. On both sides are the east and west side rooms, east and west corridors, and east and west wing halls. The main hall is a Yuan Dynasty structure, with a width of three bays, a depth of four rafters, a single-eave hanging gable roof, single-tiered and single-rising bracket sets on the column tops shaped like rising arms, with inter-bay bracket sets matching those on the column tops—one set per bay. The roof framework consists of a four-rafter building with three rafters joined in front with a three-pillar system, and noticeable inward inclination of the front eaves columns. The theater stage has a two-story frame, with the lower level serving as a mountain gate passage. It is three bays wide, four rafters deep, with a single-eave flush gable roof and forward-inserted wing corners. The column top bracket sets are five-curved single-lift single-rising, with one cluster of bracket sets per bay for the inter-bay sets. The offering hall is three bays wide, five rafters deep, with a single-eave arched roof. The column top bracket set is a one-unit two-rise intersecting leaf pattern, with one cluster of inter-bay bracket sets per bay. The remaining structures are all smaller-style buildings built during the Qing Dynasty.

The floor plan layout of Beishe Sanzong Temple is largely intact, and the main structures are well preserved, giving it high historical value.

In May 2013, Beishe Sanzong Temple was designated as part of the 7th batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units.

Beishe Village: Overview of Beishe Village

Beishe Village is located on the plateau 15 kilometers west of Pingshun County, 9 kilometers north of Lucheng and bordering Huguan to the south. It sits at the intersection of the Chengxiao Line and the Changli Line. With convenient transportation and fertile land, it is one of Pingshun County’s main grain-producing areas. The village has a population of 3,012, with 3,400 mu of arable land and an average income of 2,240 yuan per person. There is one middle school with over 400 students, one primary school with over 600 students, and one county-level health clinic. Beishe Village serves as the cultural and economic hub of the township. In recent years, the village’s Party and village committees have focused on... [More detailed information about Beishe Village++]

Further Reading:

· 4th Batch of Shanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units

· 7th Batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units