Dayang Tangdi Temple

　　Dayang Tangdi Temple (Sixth Batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units)

　　Era: Yuan to Qing Dynasties

　　Address: West Street, Dayang Town, Zezhou County

　　The founding date is unknown. According to the "Collected Stone Inscriptions of Shanxi," "The Hall of Shangtang in Dayang was built by our ancestor Liu in the fifth year of Qiande (967)." The existing structures date from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. The Tangdi Temple faces south and features a two-courtyard layout with a symmetrical central axis. It spans 64.95 meters from north to south and 46.75 meters from east to west, covering an area of 3,037 square meters. From south to north, the complex includes: a theater stage, mountain gate, central gate, Hall of Shangtang, with side structures such as east and west wing towers, east and west wing rooms, east and west side gates, and three... (text truncated).

　　The Hall of Shangtang, a Yuan Dynasty structure, is the main hall of the temple. Its construction fully reflects the architectural style characteristics of column reduction and column relocation typical of the Yuan Dynasty. It has a width of three bays, a depth of eight rafters, and a single-eave hanging hip roof. The bracket sets on the column tops are arranged in a layered fashion, featuring protruding brackets and hidden beams. The roof is adorned with upturned eaves. The hall's structure is supported by large ancient wooden columns.

　　Several steles from the Ming and Qing dynasties recording renovations and historical events are preserved in the temple.