The 'Sanjin Liuli Art Museum' introduces the Hou Tu Temple

Hou Tu Temple is a temple building of the Taoist Quanzhen School, with the main building being the Three Purities Tower. The offering tower and the stage are integrated, and the glazed roof is a cross-hipped style, which is very delicate and special. The Hou Tu Temple can be traced back to the Northern and Southern Dynasties or earlier more than 1500 years ago, and most of what we see today are the remaining buildings from the Ming Hongwu to the Qing Daoguang period. 🍁What to see in Hou Tu Temple? Hou Tu Temple is the most beautiful, most colorful and highest craftsmanship temple in the local area, and it uses the highest-grade yellow glazed tiles. The glaze of general buildings only has three colors: yellow, green, and blue, but the glaze of Hou Tu Temple has as many as a dozen colors. Not only is the shape rich, beautiful and vivid, but it also has not faded after hundreds of years of wind and rain. The exquisite glazed screen at the entrance is a Kylin playing with eight treasures, which was fired during the Qing Daoguang period. The Three Purities Tower, also known as the Bagua Tower, built in the 11th year of Ming Zhengde, is a three-in-one platform tower, which is the essence of Hou Tu Temple. The stage is at the back of the Three Purities Tower, and the passage is at the bottom of the stage, which is very magical. There is a stage in the temple, which is used to repay the gods. The glazed grapes on the wind board of the stage screen are exquisite and lifelike, and the hanging fish and grass are also very beautiful. If you zoom in on the photo, you can even see a little mouse stealing grapes... The main hall of Hou Tu Palace, where Hou Tu Niangniang is worshipped, has a roof entirely made of yellow glazed tiles, which is magnificent. There are also more than a thousand early Ming Dynasty Taoist colored sculptures in the Hou Tu Temple, which are also of great artistic value. 🍁Hou Tu Temple Address: No. 99, Miaodi Street, Southeast Street, Jiezhou City, Jinzhong Opening hours: Tuesday-Sunday 8:30-12:00, 14:30-17:30 Ticket: 10 yuan (no reservation required, buy tickets at the door) The entrance is a citizen leisure square, it's not easy to park, you can only find a place on the side of the road.