[2024 Xinjiang Attraction] Travel Guide for Baitai Temple (Updated Dec)
Historical Sites
Temples
Address:
West of Guangma Village, Xinjiang County 043100, China
Opening times:
Open tomorrow at 8:00-17:00Closed Today
Recommended sightseeing time:
1-2 hours
Small Town Slow Tour｜Everything is Free, Shanxi is So Friendly to Destiny People!
Passing through Xinjiang County in Yuncheng, Shanxi, we stopped by Fusheng Temple, the filming location of Black Myth. Unexpectedly, we received all kinds of unexpected benefits: free tickets, free guides, free cultural and creative prints, can you believe it?! I have to admit, Shanxi is too friendly to destiny people!
👉 Fusheng Temple
The entrance is low-key and unremarkable, but inside the temple hides the legendary most beautiful Guanyin statue. The entire wall is a relief sculpture themed on the Sea-Crossing Guanyin, and the Ming King from Black Myth is wielding a sword right next to Guanyin. Who says you can only see relief sculptures in Xiaoxitian of Xixian? The relief sculptures in Fusheng Temple are completely beautiful and unique in style!
You think visiting Fusheng Temple is all there is in the small town of Xinjiang County? Jiangzhou Grand Hall/Jiyi Temple/Baitai Temple/Longxiang Guan Emperor Temple/Qiaogoutou Jade Emperor Temple/Sanguan Temple/Xinjiang Longxing Temple/Beichi Ji King Temple/Jiangzhou Confucian Temple/Quanzhang Guan Emperor Temple/Shousheng Temple are all national protected cultural relics. The 1.5 days we reserved were not enough to see these dozen ancient buildings, so we can only leave it for next time~
🥢 Xinsheng Noodle House
The carb lovers are completely controlled by Shanxi's noodle houses. A large portion of stir-fried knife-cut noodles costs only 11 yuan, and the portion is astonishingly large. Two people can barely finish it by sharing!
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Exploring Ancient Temples | The Millennium Dream of Baitai Temple
| The Millennium Dream of Baitai Temple. 🌿🏰 Exploring Ancient Temples | The Millennium Dream of Baitai Temple 🌿🏰
🌟 Recommended Rating: ★★★★☆
🎟️ Ticket: Free, no need for complicated introduction letters, just go!
🕒 Tour Duration: About 1 hour, perfect for your leisurely afternoon
🕗 Opening Hours: From 8 AM to 5 PM, capture the most beautiful light and shadow of the ancient temple
🚗 Transportation: Self-drive or charter, making the journey more free and easy
🌾 Hidden in the fields is a thousand-year-old temple that has weathered the vicissitudes of time—Baitai Temple. It is located on a high platform of earth mounds, surrounded by endless crops, as if telling endless stories.
🔥 Must-see Highlights:
1️⃣ Three Drips Water Fajang Pavilion: As soon as you enter, you are greeted by this magnificent building. Built in the Jin Dynasty and renovated in the Yuan Dynasty, it is built against the earth cliff, with three layers of dripping eaves and two stories high. The design of the hanging mountain top makes one marvel at its exquisite structure.
🌧️ On rainy days, every drop of water looks particularly charming. Standing on the second floor, looking out at the countryside, the tranquility and beauty are simply beyond words.
Inside the pavilion, there are three clay-colored Buddha statues enshrined, with the Medicine Buddha in the center, the Sunlight Bodhisattva and the Moonlight Bodhisattva on either side. Each statue has plump skin and beautiful shapes, making them excellent works of Yuan Dynasty sculpture.
2️⃣ Shakyamuni Hall: Rebuilt during the Mingchang period of the Jin Dynasty, it has a single eave hip roof and brick carved ridge decorations, simple and solemn.
3️⃣ Amitabha Hall (Rear Main Hall): Rebuilt in the 15th year of Zhizheng in the Yuan Dynasty (1355), it has a single eave hanging mountain roof, simple dougong brackets, and an ancient charm.
🌳 On the large moon platform in front of the main hall, there used to be three octagonal scripture pillars from the Song Dynasty. Now, only the bases of the pillars can be seen. The Tang Dynasty statue relic pagoda has also disappeared, which is regrettable.
On both sides of the moon platform, there are two thousand-year-old ancient Tang locust trees. Although they have weathered the storms, they are still lush and full of vitality.
⚠️ Theft History: Baitai Temple was robbed in 1993, 1994, and 2002. The most serious incident was in 2002 when precious cultural relics were plundered and have not been recovered to this day. This is a painful part of its history.
📸 Come and capture this unique historical charm, and let the millennium story of Baitai Temple shine again through your lens!
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Baitai Temple in Xinjiang, Shanxi
Baitai Temple, also known as Puhua Temple, was established in an unknown year. The temple faces south from the north and covers an area of 6383 square meters. Baitai Temple is an early temple in the Hedong area. Emperor Wanyan Yong and Emperor Wanyan Jing of the Jin Dynasty had major renovations during the Dading and Mingchang periods (1161~1190). The Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties all had repairs. Most of the buildings in the temple were built during the Jin and Yuan periods. They have a long history and prominent early styles. In addition, there are statues from the Yuan and Ming periods, making it a rare and precious historical and cultural heritage protection unit. Baitai Temple is built on the middle plateau of the gully washed by rainwater. The central axis has buildings such as the Dharma Treasury Pavilion, the Sakyamuni Hall, and the Rear Hall from front to back. The Dharma Treasury Pavilion is connected to the Small Ear Hall on the east side, and there are five rooms in the west wing in front of the Rear Hall. The existing main buildings include the Dharma Treasury Pavilion, the East and West Ear Halls, the Sakyamuni Hall, the Rear Hall, and the West Wing, etc., and the rest of the buildings are all destroyed. It is a key cultural relic protection unit in China.