The Tomb of Bi Wei is located approximately 200 meters northwest of Shuangbao Village, Ziyi Township, Xinfu District. The tomb’s occupant, Bi Wei, lived during an unknown period and held the official rank of Vice Minister of Revenue. The tomb faces south and is oriented north, measuring 10 meters east-west and 20 meters north-south, covering an area of 200 square meters. Only a small portion of the earthen mound remains, as it has been largely leveled. Within the tomb area, there is a stele from the 11th year of the Yuandade era (1307)…
The Zhangcun Site is located about 500 meters west of Zhangcun in Xinfu District. The site stretches 300 meters from east to west and 400 meters from north to south, covering an area of approximately 20,000 square meters, with a cultural layer about 0.45 to 2.6 meters thick. Collected artifacts include gray pottery shards made of clay, decorated with cord marks, belonging to the Neolithic Longshan Culture. On April 10, 1985, the former...
The Yuqu Relics Site is located about 1,000 meters east of Beibao Village, Lancun Township, Xinfu District. The site spans approximately 600 meters from east to west and 700 meters from north to south, covering a total area of around 420,000 square meters. The cultural layer is 0.5 to 2.4 meters thick, and gray pottery shards with rope patterns have been collected from the surface. It belongs to the Longshan Culture of the Neolithic Age. On April 1…
The Youyao Site is located about 200 meters south of Youyao Village, Dongcun Town, Xinfu District. The site spans approximately 400 meters from east to west and 500 meters from north to south, covering an area of about 200,000 square meters. Cultural layer deposits are exposed on the cliff faces, with a thickness of around 1.2 to 1.8 meters. Two excavations were conducted in 1987 and 1989, with a total excavation area of about 1…
The Yincun Site is located on a terrace on the north bank of the Yunzhong River, about 50 meters northwest of Yincun Village in Qincheng Township, Xinfu District. The site stretches 800 meters from east to west and 1,000 meters from north to south, covering an area of approximately 800,000 square meters, with a cultural layer thickness of 0.8 to 2.5 meters. Artifacts collected include gray pottery shards made of clayey and sandy fabrics, decorated with cord impressions. It belongs to the Neolithic...
The ruins of Xiangquan Temple are located about 800 meters north of Potou Village, Zhuangmo Town, Xinfu District. Built on the mountainside of Sanwei Mountain, it was named after the spring water there. Oriented from northwest to southeast, it measures approximately 50 meters in length from north to south and about 20 meters in width from east to west. Established during the Tang Dynasty, it was expanded in the second year of the Dashun era (891) by Monk Huizhen, who added corridors and side rooms. It was renovated during the Guanghua era (898–901)...
The Xinglu Fort Site is located southeast of Xinglu Village, Jieyuan Township, Xinfu District. It has a rectangular layout, approximately 80 meters east-west and 120 meters north-south. The fort walls are 3 to 7 meters high, 4 meters wide at the base and 1.5 meters wide at the top. The gate is 4.5 meters wide and 3 meters high. The structure is built from rammed earth and dates back to the Ming Dynasty. …
The Xiangyang Site is located on a terrace on the north bank of the Muma River, about 500 meters east of Xiangyang Village, Douluo Town, Xinfu District. The site stretches 200 meters from east to west and 250 meters from north to south, covering an area of approximately 50,000 square meters. It was discovered in 1957 but has not been surveyed or excavated. The cultural layer is 0.5 to 2.5 meters thick. Artifacts collected include grayish-brown sandy pottery, reddish-brown sandy pottery...
Shilihou Beacon Tower is located approximately 1,000 meters northwest of Shilihou Village, under the jurisdiction of Changzheng Street Subdistrict, Xinfu District. The tower is oval in shape, about 8 meters high, with a circumference of 65 meters and an area of 336 square meters. It features one aviation marker frame. It is a relic from the Ming Dynasty. …
The Site of Sanguang Temple Ruins is located on the mountainside of Sanwei Mountain, approximately 3,000 meters west of Liansigou Village in Zhuangmo Town, Xinfu District. It earned its name because the pine trees surrounding the temple resemble an umbrella canopy. Initially built in the early Tang Dynasty, it underwent multiple renovations during the Jiajing and Wanli eras of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. The temple was destroyed during the Republican era, and the current remains date back to the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Structures such as the Temple of the Fifth Deity, the Mahavira Hall, the Hall of the Goddess of Mercy, and the Guan Yu Temple...
The Site of Mahui City is located to the north of Mahui Village, Douluo Town, Xinfu District. It faces north and measures 100 meters in length from east to west and 20 meters in width from south to north. Originally built during the Han Dynasty, the remaining section today is a relic from that period. The extant structure stretches 100 meters in length, with a base width of 20 meters and a remaining height of 9 meters. It was constructed using rammed earth, with each layer of rammed earth measuring between 0.08 and 0.22 meters in thickness. …
The Dongshe Fort Site is located southwest of Dongshe Village, Jieyuan Township, Xinfu District. Facing north and situated to the south, it measures 100 meters in length from east to west and 100 meters in width from north to south, covering a total area of 10,000 square meters. The surrounding fort walls are still partially preserved, with a base width of 5 meters, a top width of 2 meters, and remaining heights of 5 to 8 meters. The structure was built from rammed earth, with layers about 0.8 to 0.20 meters thick. It dates back to the Ming Dynasty. …
The Northern Hu Fort Site is located about 100 meters west of Beihu Village, Bei Yi Jing Township, Xinfu District. It has a rectangular layout, measuring 80 meters from east to west and 100 meters from north to south, covering a total area of 8,450 square meters. The fort walls are 6 meters wide at the base, 2 meters wide at the top, and 6 meters high, built using rammed earth with layers approximately 0.2 meters thick. A brick-arched gate, 4 meters high...
A Seven Sages Temple refers to a temple that enshrines seven virtuous individuals together. Xinzhou Seven Sages Temple is dedicated to seven worthy gentlemen from the Spring and Autumn period: Zhao Dun, Han Jue, Gongsun Chujiu, Cheng Ying, Ling Zhe, ?ni, and Timi Ming. In the past, a street leading from the northern gate of Xinzhou Ancient City toward Kuangcun was called the Seven Sages Ancient Road. In the second year of the Jiajing reign during the Ming Dynasty, …
Jiuyuan Ridge Tomb Cluster (Fifth Batch of Provincial-Level Protected Sites) Era: Northern Dynasties Location: Approximately 600 meters northeast of Xiàshè Village, Láncūn Township, Xīnfǔ District, Xīnzhou City In recent years, the Jiuyuan Ridge Tomb Cluster has experienced incidents of tomb raiding. In June 2013, a rescue excavation was conducted on the most severely looted Northern Dynasties brick-chambered mural tomb. Over 200 square meters of murals were cleared. The murals are primarily…
The Tomb of Jiang Tao is located about 500 meters northwest of Jiecun Village, Caozhang Township, Xinfu District. Facing south with its back to the north, the tomb site spans 250 meters from north to south and 190 meters from east to west, and is a Ming Dynasty burial site. The tomb’s occupant, Jiang Tao, styled Boyuan, was a native of Jiecun Village in Xinfu District. He was born in the 25th year of the Hongwu reign during the Ming Dynasty (1392) and died in the 15th year of the Zhengtong reign (1445). He held successive official posts including Vice Magistrate of Jiaxing Prefecture in Zhejiang…
Mount Wutai, located in the northeastern corner of Wutai County in Xinzhou Prefecture, northeastern Shanxi Province, is one of China’s four famous Buddhist mountains. Alongside Mount Emei in Sichuan, Mount Putuo in Zhejiang, and Mount Jiuhua in Anhui, it is highly revered by pilgrims from both home and abroad. Situated on the "Roof of North China," Mount Wutai reaches a maximum elevation of 3,058 meters. Here, continuous peaks...
The Temple of the Fifth Lord, also known as the Ten Thousand Buddha Pavilion, is located in Taihuai Town, adjacent to the Great White Pagoda, and serves as another pathway to Xiantong Temple. The temple sits on a spacious site that once served as the imperial lodging and banquet palace for emperors of the Qing Dynasty during their pilgrimages to Mount Wutai—commonly referred to as the "Imperial City." The area between the "Imperial City" and the Ten Thousand Buddha Pavilion is bustling year-round with an endless stream of pilgrims and sightseers. The Temple of the Fifth Lord, also known as…
Era of Nanshan Temple: Ming Dynasty to Republic of China Address: Mid-slope, 2 km south of Taihuai Town on Mount Wutai. It is the collective name for three temples: Youguo Temple, Jile Temple, and Shande Hall. The temple was first built in the second year of Yuanzhen during the reign of Emperor Chengzong of the Yuan Dynasty (1296), known as the Great Wansheng Youguo Temple in the Ming Dynasty, and was rebuilt in the 20th year of the Jiajing era (1541). It was expanded in the ninth year of the Daoguang era of the Qing Dynasty (1829)...
Former name of Xiantong Temple: Originally built during the Yongping era of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, it was initially named Dafu Lingjiu Temple. It was expanded during the Northern Wei Dynasty, rebuilt in the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and renamed to Dahua Yan Temple. It was renovated during the reign of Emperor Hongwu (Zhu Yuanzhang) of the Ming Dynasty and bestowed the plaque “Daxiantong Temple.” Emperor Chengzu (Zhu Di) of the Ming Dynasty named it “Dajixiang Xiantong Temple,” and Emperor Shenzong (Zhu Yijun) later bestowed the plaque “Dahuguo Shengguang Yongming Temple,” abbreviated as Yongming Temple. In the 26th year of the Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty (1687 AD), it was renamed again to Daxiantong Temple, the name it retains to this day.