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Henan Anyang | The Great King Temple in the ancient town

Henan Anyang | The Great King Temple in the ancient town♦️ Good place to learn about intangible cultural heritage🌠 Daokou Ancient Town is a distinctive ancient town in Anyang, Henan. There are many special ways to visit Daokou Ancient Town. You can stroll around the leisurely ancient town, 🍂 you can also blow the river wind by the Grand Canal and watch 🌲 the willows sway, and you can also go to see a very important building in the ancient town - the Great King Temple - 【Background of the Scenic Spot】 The Great King Temple, located at the north end of Shunbei Street, is a temple in the country without gods. Xie Xu of the Southern Song Dynasty, Huang Shoucai and Zhang Juzheng of the Ming Dynasty, Li Bing of the Warring States Period, and Zhu Zhixi of the Qing Dynasty were all ordinary people. They were all 'gods' related to water and were five sages related to water control in our country's history. - Because it is close to 💧 the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the waterway is developed, the local people have great respect for water, so the Great King Temple was born. It embodies the people's good wishes for the tranquility of the canal and the smooth water transportation. - ✨【Highlights of the Scenic Spot】 There are several exhibition halls in the temple, displaying the intangible cultural heritage and ancient grain silos of Huixian County. Understand the local history and culture. The local intangible cultural heritage, Huixian wood carving, Daokou roast chicken can all be understood here. . ⭕️Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition Hall I didn't expect that Huixian County has so many intangible cultural heritages, including opera. The opera in Huixian County is old and rare, but in Huixian County, there are several types of intangible cultural heritage operas, 🎵 including Daxian Opera, Daping Tune, Erjiaxian, etc. . 💙Huixian wood carving, carving is a meticulous work, carving a plain piece of wood into a work of art, . In the exhibition hall, I learned about Daokou roast chicken, a local intangible cultural heritage. Coming to Daokou Ancient Town to taste authentic 🐔 Daokou roast chicken is a must-do. The most famous and well-known brand is Yixing Zhang, which can be said to be - ⭕️Multimedia Hall The design of this multimedia hall is very special, a bit like a tulou, very distinctive, I didn't expect that it can also play audio and video inside. Here, you can further understand Huixian County through video projection, and there is also a large sand table model in the middle, where you can see the distribution map of Huixian County. Understand the development from ancient times to the present, and understand history. - ⭕️Warehouse Culture Hall The important display is the ancient grain silo, and there are some ancient labor tools, etc. You can also imagine the scene of the local people working in those years. - ✅Name: Huixian Great King Temple 📍Address: Near Mucainorth Lane, Huixian, Anyang, Henan Province