Qingyan Garden – Guandi Temple

This is a relatively large temple in Jiangsu Province. It was first built in 1460 in the middle of t[...]

This is a relatively large temple in Jiangsu Province. It was first built in 1460 in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. It has been more than 540 years so far and has undergone several major renovations during the Chongzhen, Yongzheng, and Daoguang periods. The temple faces south. It is more than 80 meters long from east to west and more than 170 meters long from north to south, covering an area of more than 22 mu.


The temple has a building layout of three avenues and four courtyards. The central axis buildings are the main ones, and the symmetrical side buildings are supplementary. There are more than 100 temple rooms with colorful beams and painted pillars and overhanging eaves and precipitous walls. It is indeed a large group of ancient buildings relatively well-preserved in northern Jiangsu. The specific business hours and opening status are subject to the opening situation on the day.


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