The Wulao Peak Scenic Area is located on the Zhongtiao Mountain, 16 kilometers southeast of Yongji City. Originally named Wulao Mountain, it earned its name from an ancient legend in which five elders passed down the "River Chart" and the "Luo Writing" to an emperor here. Before the compilation of the "Book of Changes," this area was a sacred site for the early dissemination of Heluo culture. Since the Tang and Song dynasties, the flourishing of religion further enriched the Taoist culture of Wulao...
The Goose Tower scenic area is located on the banks of the Yellow River in Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province — a charming city in China situated within the golden triangle region where the provinces of Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Henan meet. The Goose Tower within the scenic area was originally built during the Northern Zhou Dynasty (557–581 AD). It stood through the Tang and Song dynasties but was destroyed by war in the early Yuan Dynasty (1222 AD). Due to its magnificent structure, unique design...
Located at the golden triangle where Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Henan provinces meet along the Yellow River, Pujiu Temple is a world-renowned tourist destination and a sacred site of love. It is a Buddhist monastery situated on the Emei Plateau in Yongji City, in the southwestern corner of Shanxi Province. The temple sits on high ground with a broad view — to the south lies the majestic Zhongtiao Mountain, lush and green like a natural barrier, facing the “Wangu Temple,” known as the foremost Zen forest of Zhongtiao.
Pujindu Site and the Ancient City of Puzhou Site (Fifth Batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units) Era: Tang to Ming Dynasties Address: About 13 kilometers west of Yongji City, outside the west gate of the ancient city of Puzhou Pujindu was a crossing on the Yellow River. The river bridge was first built in the first year of Duke Zhao of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period (541 BC). In the 12th year of the Kaiyuan era of the Tang Dynasty (724 AD), it was reconstructed as an iron-chain-linked pontoon bridge...
Highlights: The area boasts well-preserved primitive vegetation, where humans and nature coexist in harmony, making it a natural "oxygen bar" that refreshes both the mind and lungs. It can truly be described as a "heavenly paradise on earth." The scenic area not only features captivating natural landscapes but also rich cultural significance. Since ancient times, many beautiful legends and touching stories have been passed down here. The landscape and cultural gardens—Shun Di Mountain…
The Yongji Wanggu Temple scenic area in Shanxi is located at the northern foot of the Zhongtiao Mountain, 13 kilometers southwest of Yongji City. Established in the third year of the Zhengguang era during the Northern Wei Dynasty, it has a history of 1,500 years. It stands facing the Pujiu Temple, the renowned setting of the world-famous story "The Romance of the Western Chamber," and is a temple that was built shortly after Buddhism was first introduced to the region. According to Buddhist principles for temple construction...
The Wangguan Scenic Area is located at the foothills of the Zhongtiao Mountains in Wangguan Valley, Yongji City, Shanxi Province. On January 10, 1994, it was approved by the State Council to be listed as a National Scenic Area. Wangguan Valley was where the great poet, writer, and poetry literary theorist Sikong Tu of the late Tang Dynasty spent his later years in seclusion. It was here that he wrote thirty volumes of literary works such as the "Xiu Xiu Ji" and the "Yi Ming Ji"…
Bian Que, whose given name was Qin Yueren, was a native of Mò in Bohai (present-day Renqiu, Hebei), and also lived in the State of Lu. He was a renowned physician in ancient China, highly skilled in internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, and ENT, and treated illnesses using techniques such as stone-needle therapy, acupuncture, —, herbal decoctions, and heat compresses. He is revered as the father of medicine. The tomb of Bian Que is located to the east of Qinghua Village, Yucheng Town, Yongji City. The tomb mound is about 1...
Standing 40 meters tall, Yingying Pagoda is a 13-story, four-sided, cone-shaped brick pagoda with a hollow interior and closely spaced eaves, featuring both inner and outer square structures. It has a history of over 430 years. Originally named Relic Pagoda, it was later renamed “Yingying Pagoda” because the love story between Zhang Sheng and Cui Yingying from Romance of the Western Chamber took place beneath this tower. Yingying Pagoda is located in Pujiu Temple in today’s Yongji City. Along with the Echo Wall at Beijing’s Temple of Heaven…
The Ancient City Site of Puzhou is located about 13 kilometers west of Yongji City, Shanxi Province, and is a heritage site dating from the Tang Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty. The ancient city of Puzhou was the location of the Zhongdu (Central Capital) established in the ninth year of the Kaiyuan era of the Tang Dynasty (721 AD), and was subsequently renovated during the Jin, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. The outer city wall of Puzhou in the Tang Dynasty had a circumference of approximately 5,700 meters, while the inner...
Located atop Zhongtiao Mountain, 20 kilometers southwest of Yongji City, Shanxi Province. The temple was built during the Jiande era of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and was originally named Lingshi Temple. In the first year of the Renshou era of the Sui Dynasty (601 AD), it was renamed to its current name. In the same year, Emperor Wen of Sui distributed Buddhist relics to thirty states and decreed that stupas be erected simultaneously on October 15th, and this temple was one of them. The temple flourished greatly during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. After the Song Dynasty, it underwent multiple renovations in subsequent dynasties, with upper, middle, and lower temples situated respectively at the mountaintop, mountainside, and mountain foot. The temple complex was destroyed during the Anti-Japanese War, leaving only the stupa inscription stele erected in the second year of the Renshou era and twenty-six brick stupas. Among them, there is one each from the Tang, Five Dynasties, and Song Dynasties, two from the Yuan Dynasty, and twenty-one from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Except for the Song Dynasty stupa, the rest are all stupas for monks. The Great Master’s Stupa was built in the 13th year of the Tianbao era of the Tang Dynasty (754 AD), circular and solid, with a total height of 8 meters, and the base accounts for about half the height of the stupa. The front of the stupa features a false door, with fluid line engravings on the door panels and frames, while the back is inlaid with a stupa inscription. The Five Dynasties stone stupa was built in the third year of the Tongguang era of the Later Tang (925 AD), single-story, 3.5 meters high, with an octagonal plan and richly carved lotus-petal base. The stupa body is hollow, with a door on the southern side carved with two Vajra images, and the sides feature carvings of the Dharani Sutra. Though not large in size, its carving work is exquisite. The Song Dynasty reliquary stupa is of the dense-eave style, hexagonal in plan, five stories high, with a total height of 1.7 meters. The first story is particularly tall, featuring a arched door on the southern side, with wooden architectural elements such as brackets and rafters carved under the eaves. The stories above feature simple and solemn interlocking eaves. The Yuan Dynasty stupa has two stories, hexagonal in plan, 6 meters in total height, with a Sumeru-style base and carved brackets under the eaves. The stupa body features false doors, and from here you can gaze at the waves of the Yellow River in the distance and admire the cluster of stupas nearby, offering a highly classic and charming view.
Located at the foot of the Zhongtiao Mountains, over 40 li east of Yongji City, the scenic area covers 10 square kilometers. With its serene valleys, deep gullies, perilous peaks, unique rocks, beautiful springs, and picturesque streams, the landscape is breathtaking, making it a renowned tourist destination in Yuncheng. Historical records indicate that the famous Tang Dynasty poet and poetry theorist Sikong Tu once lived in seclusion here, leaving behind many touching anecdotes and sites for visitors to explore...
The Yongji Pujindu Site was a major crossing on the ancient Yellow River, located on the east bank of the Yellow River, outside the west gate of the ancient Puzhou City in Yongji. Since ancient times, Pujindu has been a strategic transportation hub, with many dynasties throughout history constructing pontoon bridges here. According to the "Zuo Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals," in the first year of Duke Zhao's reign, Prince Cheng of Jin fled to Jin and built boats on the river. The "Elementary Learning Record" states...
The hometown of Yang Guifei is located in Dutou Village, Hanyang Town, 21 kilometers southwest of Yongji City, Shanxi Province. This area lies at the tri-junction of the three provinces in the Golden Triangle of the Yellow River, where "a rooster's crow can be heard in three provinces." It enjoys excellent geographical advantages with expressways, secondary highways, and the Nan Tong Pu Railway passing through. As the first tourism gem of Shanxi, it boasts very convenient transportation. 1…
Shizhuang Site (First Batch of Provincial-Level Protected Sites) Era: Neolithic Location: Northern Banpo area of Shizhuang Village, Puzhou Town, Yongji City It lies near the main course of the Yellow River to the west and the Yunliang River to the south. The terrain is part of the second-level river terrace, with relatively flat ground covering an area of about 2 million square meters. Surveyed and partially excavated in 1954. The cultural layer is 0.2–3…
Tomb of Shu Yi and Bo Qi (Third Batch Provincial Protected Site) Era: Zhou Dynasty Location: 1 km south of Nanshan Mountain, Changwang Village, Shouyang Township, Yongji City According to *Records of the Grand Historian: The Biographies of Boyi and Shuqi*: “...Boyi and Shuqi, firm in their principles, refused to eat the grain of the Zhou and lived in seclusion on Shouyang Mountain, surviving on wild ferns until they starved to death.” Two burial mounds remain, each standing 4 meters high and encircled by a perimeter of 45 meters. To the east of the tombs once stood the Two Sages Temple, which has been destroyed. Currently, there are two stone inscriptions: one with the *Song of Picking Ferns* and another with the *Eulogy to Boyi*, as well as the *Stele of the Temple of Boyi and Shuqi*.
Zhaoxing Ancient Tombs Cluster Zhaoxing Ancient Tombs Cluster (Third Batch of Provincial-Level Protected Sites) Era: Eastern Zhou – Han Dynasty Location: Between Zhaoxing, Xiaochao, and Xicun villages in the northern urban area of Yongji City The ancient tomb cluster extends 100 meters west of the Yonglin Highway, reaches the Xiaochao Highway to the south, lies 100 meters south of Xicun Village to the north, and stretches to the east of Xicun Village, covering an area of 9 square kilometers. The tombs span the...
The Han Tombs of Xiaochaocun Village The Han Tombs of Xiaochaocun Village (First Batch of Provincial-Level Protected Sites) Era: Han Dynasty Address: 500 meters north of Pangjiabao, Xiaochaocun Village, Zhaobo Township, Yongji City The tomb cluster stretches 1.5 kilometers from north to south and 0.5 kilometers from east to west. Originally there were nine large and small burial mounds, seven of which were leveled during water conservancy projects. Only two remain today—one is 4.5 meters high with a perimeter of 45…
Han Tombs of Gaoshi Village Han Tombs of Gaoshi Village (First Batch of Provincial-Level Protected Sites) Era: Han Dynasty Address: 1.5 km west of Gaoshi Village, Kaolao Town, Yongji City The original tomb mounds were distributed on the Loess Plateau to the west of Gaoshi Village, totaling eight large and small tombs, each covering an area of about 200 square meters. The site spans 300 meters from north to south and 150 meters from east to west. Currently, only one…
Tomb of Yang BoTomb of Yang Bo (First Batch of Provincial-Level Protected Sites)Era: Ming DynastyAddress: 300 meters northeast of Wangzhuang Village, Puzhou Town, Yongji CityYang Bo (1509–1574), from Xinle Village, Puzhou, styled Weiyue, passed the imperial examination in 1529 during the Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty. He served through the Longqing and Wanli eras, rising through the ranks to positions such as Governor-General of Jiliao, Minister of Personnel, and concurrently handling duties of the Ministry of War...