Yanru Temple is located in Hebei Village, Gengzhen Town, Wutai County. Its exact date of establishment is unknown. According to inscriptions in the temple, it was renovated during the Kangxi era of the Qing Dynasty (1622–1722), and underwent repairs in subsequent dynasties. The temple covers an area of approximately 1,073 square meters. It faces south and originally had a single-courtyard layout, but has since expanded into a complex with three courtyards. …
Pusui Temple is located in Dongzhuang Village, Taihuai Town, Wutai County. It faces south and measures 255 meters from east to west and 428 meters from north to south, covering an area of 109,000 square meters. The exact date of its establishment is unknown. According to the *Records of Mount Qingliang*, it was renovated during the Qing Dynasty. The current structures are all reconstructed. The temple follows a three-courtyard layout, with the central axis featuring the Mountain Gate, the Hall of Heavenly Kings...
The Nanru Stage is located in Nanru Village, Rucun Township, Wutai County. The temple it once served has been destroyed, leaving only the stage. Both its construction and renovation dates are unknown, but the existing structure dates back to the Qing Dynasty. Facing north, it covers an area of 238 square meters. The stage features a stone foundation, a three-bay width, six rafters in depth, a single-eave hipped roof with a front roll shed and a rear gabled roof, a seven-rafter rear corridor-style framework, and bracket sets...
Liuduan An, located within Gounan School in Gounan Village, Gounan Township, Wutai County. The exact founding date is unknown, but the existing structures date back to the Qing Dynasty. It faces south and features a traditional quadrangle courtyard layout, covering an area of 267 square meters. There is a small side gate.
Lingjing Temple is located in Lingjing Village, Lingjing Township, Wutai County. According to the Ming Dynasty’s *Qingliang Mountain Annals*, it was built during the Chenghua era of the Ming Dynasty (1465–1487) and was renovated during the Kangxi era of the Qing Dynasty (1662–1722) and again in the 20th year of the Daoguang era (1840). The temple faces south and is laid out in a traditional quadrangle courtyard style, covering an area of 1,276 square meters…
Liangjian Futian Temple is located in Liangjian Village, Gounan Township, Wutai County. The exact year of its establishment is unknown, but the existing structures date back to the Qing Dynasty. It faces south and has a single entrance leading into two courtyards, covering an area of 1,119 square meters. Along the central axis are the main gate, inner gate tunnel, passageway hall, and main hall, with side halls on both sides. Ascending the steps leads to the main gate, which consists of a single bay, features a front porch, and is topped with a small hanging gable roof...
The Zhang Family Courtyard in Huaiyin is located in Huaiyin Village, Dongye Town, Wutai County. It is a Qing Dynasty–era building. Facing south with a northern orientation, it covers an area of 480 square meters. The main house has a width of three bays, a depth of five rafters, a rolled shed flush gable roof, a front corridor, and one-and-a-half-bay side rooms on each side. The east and west wing rooms each have three bays, a depth of three rafters, and a flush gable roof covered with gray tiles, with the central bay featuring a door and the side bays having windows. The southern…
Guandu Dian Village Guan Yu Temple is located in Guandu Dian Village, Chenjiazhuang Township, Wutai County. It faces south and covers an area of 325 square meters. The Guan Yu Hall is three bays wide, four rafters deep, with a front porch and a flush gable roof. The stone platform has nine steps. The carved brackets are adorned with floral carvings extending from the large bracket arms on both sides, central partition doors, and windows in the side bays. The hall houses Qing Dynasty...
The Ancient City Guan Yu Temple is located on the west side of Gucheng Village, Taicheng Town, Wutai County. Its founding date is unknown, but the existing structures date back to the Qing Dynasty. The temple faces west and covers an area of 6,915 square meters. The north hall is the Guan Yu Hall, which stands on a brick foundation, measures three bays in width and five rafters in depth, and features a single-eave hanging hip roof. The front bay is fitted with four-panel lattice doors with six horizontal mullions and decorative ring patterns. Inside the hall, there are...
Gao Gong Merit Pagoda is located in Zhulin Valley, 1,000 meters northeast of Foguang Village, Doucun Town, Wutai County. It faces south and has a hexagonal floor plan with a waist-binding Sumeru pedestal, covering an area of 9 square meters. The pagoda stands 1.7 meters tall. Its front features a brick-carved niche containing brick carvings of Sakyamuni, Ananda, and Kasyapa. Above the niche is embedded a stone stele. The two adjacent...
Dongxia Wenbi Pagoda is located on an earthen ridge 400 meters southeast of Dongxia Village, Jiangfang Township, Wutai County. It is a Qing Dynasty structure. The base of the pagoda is circular, built with natural stones, standing 3.5 meters high with a diameter of 2.7 meters, covering an area of 7.3 square meters. The upper part consists of a hexagonal brick pagoda, with a brick-arched chamber to the northwest housing a newly sculpted statue of Wenchang Dijun. Above the hexagonal structure is a conical brick spire, topped with a finial carved from bluestone in the shape of a brush tip. (Source: "A Collection of Cultural Relics from Xinzhou")
Dongru Huayan Temple is located in Dongru Village, Rucun Township, Wutai County. It is a Ming Dynasty structure. The temple faces south and features a courtyard layout, covering an area of 624 square meters. The main hall to the south is the Mahavira Hall, which is three bays wide and five rafters deep, with a front porch, a flush-gable roof covered with gray tiles, a stone base, and seven steps leading up. The central bay has a door, while the side bays have windows...
Donggang South Temple is located southeast of Donggang Village, Taicheng Town, Wutai County. Its founding date is unknown, but according to an inscription, it was renovated in the fifth year of the Qianlong reign during the Qing Dynasty (1740). The temple faces west and has a traditional quadrangle courtyard layout, covering an area of 1,168 square meters. The east hall is three bays wide and four rafters deep, with a flush-gable roof covered in gray tiles. The central bay features lattice doors, while the side bays have windows, and the base is built of stone...
The Heavenly King Hall of Daijian'an, located in the center of Daijian'an Village, Jian'an Township, Wutai County. Its founding date is unknown, but the existing structure is from the Ming Dynasty. It faces south and covers an area of approximately 54 square meters. The hall is three bays wide and four rafters deep, with a flush-gable roof covered in gray clay tiles. The bracket sets on the columns and architraves are all square in shape. The beam frame is simple and unadorned. The ridge is decorated with carved cloud patterns. (From "A Collection of Cultural Relics in Xinzhou")
Phagspa Pagoda is located about 500 meters south of Guangming Temple Village in Taihuai Town, Wutai County. Phagspa (1235–1280), originally named Lodoi Gyaltsen, was a Tibetan who was conferred the title “Panchen Rinpoche Phagspa, Master of the Five Sciences” by Kublai Khan, the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. The pagoda was built during the Yuan Dynasty. It faces west and stands approximately 13 meters tall. The base is circular, and the…
Yong’an City Site, located 500 meters east of Yong’an Village, Dongye Town, Wutai County. It has a rectangular layout, approximately 530 meters in length from north to south and about 240 meters in width from east to west, covering an area of around 127,000 square meters. The surviving remnants include broken walls on the east, west, and south sides, with the longest section being about 54 meters long, a base width of 1–5 meters, and a remaining height of about 4 meters. The walls were rammed…
The Xifu Site is located on the second-level terrace on the west bank of the Hutuo River, about 1,000 meters from Xifu Village in Taicheng Town, Wutai County. It covers an area of approximately 4,000 square meters. The exposed cultural layer along the cliff face is about 1.5–2 meters thick. Artifacts collected include gray pottery shards made of fine clay and sandy clay, decorated with cord marks. It is a Neolithic Age site. (From "A Collection of Cultural Relics in Xinzhou")
The Site of Wutai City is located in the middle section of Wenchang Road, Taicheng Village, Taicheng Town, Wutai County. According to the county annals, it was first built during the Northern Wei Dynasty. The old city had a perimeter of three li and twenty steps, with walls utilizing natural cliffs in the northeast, southwest, and north, while the west side was fortified with walls and equipped with three city gates: south, north, and west. In the third year of the Longqing era of the Ming Dynasty (1570), Magistrate Zhang Shaofang began constructing...
The Wangjiawei Site is located on the terrace north of the Hutuo River in Wangjiawei, 1,000 meters east of Dongyang Village, Gounan Township, Wutai County. It covers an area of 600,000 square meters. Artifacts collected here include fragments of sand-tempered gray pottery and clay gray pottery, featuring decorative patterns such as cord marks, basketry patterns, and appliqué ridges, with vessel shapes including pottery necks of li tripods. These remains are attributed to the Baiyan type of the Longshan Culture from the Neolithic Age...
The Luobaogou Silver Mine Ruins are located approximately 500 meters northeast of Luobaogou Village, Taihuai Town, Wutai County. Oriented east to west, they stretch 20 meters from east to west and 30 meters from north to south, covering an area of 600 square meters. Situated in a hilly, rocky terrain, legend has it that this silver mine was opened under the orders of Liu Jiyuan, Emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty during the Five Dynasties period, by the eminent monk Jizhi of Mount Wutai. It is said that the silver produced here...