Runcheng Dongyue Temple

　　Runcheng Dongyue Temple (Sixth Batch National Heritage Site)

　　Era: Jin to Qing Dynasties

　　Address: Runcheng Village, 13 kilometers east of Yangcheng County

　　According to inscriptions in the temple, it was originally built during the Song Dynasty and renovated in the 21st year of the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty (1593), with the existing structures reflecting Ming architectural style.

　　The temple faces south and was originally a large three-courtyard complex. Today, only the Offering Pavilion, Tianqi Hall, and Rear Palace remain, covering an area of 1,000 square meters. The Offering Pavilion is a Ming Dynasty structure built on a square platform surrounded by carved stone railings. The railing pillars are adorned with vivid stone carvings of lions, monkeys, and other animals. The hall itself is three bays wide and three bays deep, with a cross-shaped hip-and-gable roof. The Tianqi Hall is five bays wide and six rafters deep, featuring a suspended gable roof. Its roof ridge decorations, as well as the decorative boards, hanging fish, and leaf motifs on the gables, are all made of colorful glazed tiles. The Rear Palace is also five bays wide and six rafters deep, with a double-eaved hip-and-gable roof. Its roof is decorated with glazed ridge ornaments and mythical creatures, all crafted during the Ming Dynasty.