Qixia Gudi Site

　　The Qixia Gudi Site is situated approximately 300 meters northwest of Manzhuang Village in Liguo Town, on the northern side of the Pidian to Liguo highway. It lies to the east of an apple orchard and to the west of an irrigation channel. The site rises about 14 meters above the ground. Its top measures 38 meters from north to south and 26 meters from east to west. The base extends 110 meters from east to west and 90 meters from north to south, with a top area of 990 square meters. At the summit, there was originally a Qixia Temple, which was once listed as one of the top ten ancient scenic spots of Yutai County, known as "Qixia Sunset Glow." The temple no longer exists, and only one Tang Dynasty stele remains. The inscription on the stele is titled "Buddhist Scriptures of the Qixia Temple Lecture Hall," written by Zhu Huaiyin, a Jinshi scholar and official, and inscribed by Xu Boxing, an Xuan De Lang and cavalry captain. According to expert research, the upper section of the site down to 8 meters below the surface belongs to the Longshan Culture period, the layer from 8 meters to 6.5 meters above the base dates back to the Zhou and Shang Cultures, and the layer from the top down to 1.5 meters reflects the Tang Dynasty culture. In October 1985, it was designated as a municipal-level key cultural relic protection unit.