Nanzheng Yuquan Temple

　　  Yuquan Temple is located on the north side of Yuquan in Quangou Village, Yangchun Town, Nanzheng County. According to the "Nanzheng County Annals": "Yuquan, also known as Zhiquan, is said to be abundant in lingzhi mushrooms. In the 30th year of the Hongwu reign of the Ming Dynasty (1397), Yuquan Temple was built at the spring."

　　  Yuquan is an artesian spring, with water gushing up from flat ground. Emerald green like jade, it is also called Biyu (Jade Green) Spring. It covers an area of about 700 square meters, with a flow rate of 0.21 cubic meters per second. Before the Qing Dynasty, local residents had built stone weirs around the spring, diverting water through nine channels to irrigate fields. To the north of Yuquan, there was originally the Linghanze Temple built in the fourth year of the Jiading era of the Southern Song Dynasty (1211). According to Volume 22 of the "Illustrated Gazetteer of Famous Sites in Guanzhong": "To the north of Yuquan lies a Dragon Shrine. During times of drought or excessive rain in spring and summer, worshippers would gather here. In the fourth year of Jiading, it was decreed to be honored with the title 'Ji' (Reliever), and the temple was bestowed the name 'Lingze' (Spiritual Marsh)."

　　  Yuquan Temple covers an area of 1,055 square meters. Currently, two ancient cypresses, one music tower, three Buddhist halls, and twelve stone steles remain. The inscriptions on the steles have been damaged and are no longer legible. The music tower is a Qing Dynasty structure, built with brick and wood, featuring upturned eaves and clear, intact painted patterns. One of the ancient cypresses (the western one) has a trunk circumference of 3.70 meters, a height of 35 meters, and a crown spread of 12 meters, reflecting the long history of Yuquan Temple.