Chaoyoji Temple.

Chaoyang Temple is located in Changhe Village, Changping Township, Qinyang City, Henan Province. It was built in the early Ming Dynasty and is also known as the Sanjiao Temple. It has been repaired in subsequent dynasties.
Chaoyang Temple currently has five main halls, worship halls and theater buildings. The main hall faces north and faces south. It is five rooms wide and one deep. It has a hard mountain gray tile roof and masonry walls. It was built in the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty. The worship hall is five rooms wide and one room deep, with stone pillars. There are Ming and Qing steles on the east side of the hall, and an iron bell of the Wanli year of the Ming Dynasty hangs under the eaves on the west side. The front is a theater building, five rooms wide, with an arched door in the south, two floors, a hard mountain gray tile roof, wooden pillars on the upper floor, eight-sided brick windows on both sides of the front wall, and gray brick paving. The east side hall in front of the mountain gate is three rooms wide and one room deep, with a hard mountain gray tile roof. The gables, front and rear eaves are all made of rubble, and there are double wooden doors.
This temple is a temple that combines Buddhism, Taoism and Baoism. It provides physical evidence for the study of the confluence culture of the three religions and has certain historical and artistic value.
On December 17, 2021, the Henan Provincial People's Government announced it as the eighth batch of cultural relics protection units.
Ticket price: Free
Opening hours: unknown. It should be approved by the relevant unit and there will be no fixed staff.
Traffic guidance: Navigate to Changhe, Qinyang City by car.

Post by TravelConnoisseur | Oct 30, 2024