Kaining Temple

　　Kaining Temple is situated in Nanhé Village, Kaishan Township. It was constructed during the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty by Ouyang Hui, the county magistrate of He County at that time. The current building footprint measures 11 meters in width from north to south and 31 meters in length from east to west, featuring a three-hall layout consisting of a front hall, middle hall, and rear hall. Outside the main gate of the front hall stands a pair of intricately carved stone dragon pillars entwined in relief, both resting on stone lion bases. The craftsmanship is exquisitely detailed—the vivid dragons with bared fangs and the smiling lions with open mouths are remarkably lifelike. The pillars resemble ornamental columns (huabiao), showcasing typical artistic features of the Ming Dynasty. Approximately 29 meters to the left front of the temple gate stands a stone pagoda. Its base is square, while the body is hexagonal with three tiers of eaves and a gourd-shaped top, reaching a total height of 5.20 meters. The pagoda body is adorned with relief patterns and raised inscriptions, and it was erected in the fourth year of the Xianfeng reign during the Qing Dynasty (1854). On April 7, 1981, Kaining Temple was designated as a county-level key cultural relics protection unit.

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