Ruins of the Jade Emperor Temple

　　The ruins of the Jade Emperor Temple in Yuhuangmiao Village are situated to the north of Yuhuangmiao Village, Boleji Town, Chengwu County. The overall shape resembles an inverted pot, with grayish-brown soil. The site measures 50 meters from north to south, 50 meters from east to west, and is about 3 meters high. Artifacts collected from the site include Shang Dynasty sandy-textured cord-marked li tripod rims and legs, Han Dynasty roof tiles, and fragments of gray pottery jars, indicating it was a settlement from the Shang to Han Dynasties. During the Ming Dynasty’s Wanli era, the Jade Emperor Temple was built on top of the ruins and was subsequently renovated multiple times before being destroyed in the 1970s. Currently, the site preserves a stone stele from the sixth year of the Jiaqing reign in the Qing Dynasty commemorating the renovation of the Jade Emperor Hall, Queen Mother Temple, and mountain gate pathway, as well as a donor-name stele and a pair of Qing Dynasty column bases. These relics provide valuable material evidence for studying the culture of southwestern Shandong and the development and distribution of settlements in the region. In 1989, it was designated as a county-level cultural relic protection unit by the People's Government of Chengwu County. In December 2014, it was listed as a second batch municipal-level cultural relic protection unit by the People's Government of Heze City.

　　Source: Heze Municipal Office of Local Chronicles