Gaodu Erxian Temple

　　    Gaodu Erxian Temple (Fourth Batch of Provincial Protected Sites)

　　    Era: Jin to Qing Dynasty

　　    Address: Huli Village, Gaodu Town, Zezhou County

　　    The construction date is unknown; the existing structures date from the Jin, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. The main buildings along the central axis include the Buddha niche screen wall, mountain gate, offering hall, main hall, side halls, and east and west side chambers. The side courtyard houses the Three Teachings Hall and the White-Robed Bodhisattva Hall. The main hall is an original Jin Dynasty structure, while the offering hall was built during the Yuan Dynasty.

　　    The main hall is three bays wide and three bays deep, with a single-eave hanging gable roof. The roof has a gentle pitch and extends far beyond the walls. The front eaves feature bluestone pillars and square inverted-lotus column bases, both remnants from the Jin Dynasty. The west side pillar of the central bay bears an inscription dated to the fifth year of the Taihe era of the Jin Dynasty (1205). The offering hall (also known as the dance pavilion) has open sides on the mountain face, a square floor plan, and measures 6 meters in both width and depth, with a single-eave hip-and-gable roof.