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Lidai Chenghuang Temple

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Last updated 2026-10-05 — Located on Hexia Street in the county town, it faces south with its back to the north. The temple was originally built in the third year of the Tian Sheng era of the Song Dynasty (1025). The Chenghuang Temple incorporates the entrance as a tower, consisting of three...

Lidai Chenghuang Temple

Lidai Chenghuang Temple is a provincial-level key cultural relics protection unit.
      Situated on Hexia Street in the county town, it faces south with its back to the north. The temple was first constructed in the third year of the Tian Sheng era of the Song Dynasty (1025). The Chenghuang Temple features a gate designed as a tower, built with three...

      The main existing structures are the gate tower and the main hall. The gate tower is three bays wide and two bays deep, reflecting the architectural style of the Ming Dynasty. The base is rectangular, measuring 18 meters in length, 12 meters in width, and 2.35 meters in height.

      A plaque hanging in the center of the gate tower is inscribed with the words “Group of Peaks Encircling Emerald Green.” The roof structure consists of a three-tiered hip-and-gable roof. The main ridge, ridge beasts, vertical ridge beasts, hip ridge beasts, and gable-end beasts are all made of yellow and green glazed tiles. The gable apex features bargeboards.

      The hanging fish ornament is designed in a swirling cloud and ruyi motif.

      The bracket sets are all five-course double downward Angs. The materials used are robust and grand, presenting a majestic sight and ranking as the finest among ancient buildings in Lidai. The main hall is five bays wide and five bays deep, with six rafters front and back connected to a minor beam, utilizing five columns along the full span of the eaves. It largely adopts a modern style, with the base being square-shaped, 18 meters on each side, and 1.37 meters in height.

  

    Inside the hall is a row of front purlin beams. The roof is a single-slope hung roof, with the main ridge and ridge beasts also made of yellow and green glazed tiles. The bracket sets are all five-course double downward Angs, giving an imposing and solemn appearance.

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