The temple faces south, and the existing North Hall is a structure dating back to the Yuan Dynasty. It stands on a brick-and-stone platform, with the main hall spanning three bays in width and four rafters in depth, featuring a single-eave hanging hip roof. The beam-frame structure consists of a four-rafter tie beam extending the full length of the hall supported by two columns. The bracket sets atop the columns are of the four-purlin single-angle type, while those in the intercolumnar spaces are of the four-purlin single-bracket type, with one set per bay. The central bay features an intercolumnar bracket set with a 45-degree diagonal bracket.
In May 2006, the North Hall of Erlang Temple, as an ancient building from the Yuan Dynasty, was approved by the State Council to be included in the sixth batch of Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level.
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