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Longxing temple 1:

Longxing temple, alias Big Buddha Temple, is located in Dongmenli Street, Zhengding County, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province. Founded in the sixth year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty (586), it was originally named Longzang Temple, and was changed to longxing temple in the Tang Dynasty. In the forty-ninth year of Kangxi (17 10), longxing temple was given, which has been used ever since. It is one of the earliest, largest and best-preserved Buddhist temples in China.

The temple covers an area of 82,500 square meters, and there are more than ten large and small temples, which are distributed on the north-south central axis and its two sides. It is an important example to study the layout of Buddhist temples in Song Dynasty.

Longxing temple has been approved as an AAAA-level tourist attraction in China, the first batch of key cultural relics protection units in China, and one of the top ten famous temples in China.

2, rong-guo mansion:

Rongguofu, located in Zhengding County, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, is an antique building complex with the culture in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties as the background. 1986 was built by Zhengding county people's government with an investment of more than 3.5 million yuan.

The main attractions of Guo Rongfu are Guo Rongfu Scenic Area, Rong Ning Street Scenic Area and Cao Xueqin Memorial Hall. It covers an area of 22,000 square meters and has a building area of 4,700 square meters. It was designed and built according to the "Guo Rong Mansion" depicted in China's classic Dream of Red Mansions.

Rongguofu was rated as a national AAAA-level tourist attraction, an advanced unit in capital construction, a designated tourist unit in Hebei Province and a key cultural relic protection unit in Zhengding County.

3. Zhaoyun Temple:

Zhaoyun Temple, located in Zhengding County, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, officially opened to the public on 1997. Zhao Yunzi Zilong, a native of Changshan Zhending (now Gucheng East Road, Shijiazhuang City), was a famous soldier in the Three Kingdoms and was called "the ever-victorious general".

On April 1997, Zhaoyun Temple rebuilt by Zhengding County Tourism Bureau on the site of the original Daoguang period was officially opened to tourists. The newly-built Zhaoyun Temple is magnificent, covering an area of 12 mu, with a total construction area of 1500 square meters.

The temple adopts the structure of imitating the ancient buildings of Ming and Qing Dynasties and is divided into one courtyard and two houses. The main buildings are Temple Gate, Siyitang, Wuhu Hall, Junchen Hall, Shunping Houdian, etc., which basically preserve and enrich the historical features of the original temple and complement the surrounding famous scenic spots such as longxing temple and Rongguofu.

It provides a place for Chinese and foreign tourists and Zhao Yun's overseas descendants to pay tribute and visit.

4. Tianning Temple:

Tianning Temple was built in Zhenguan period of Tang Dynasty, which is one of the cradles of Buddhist music Bai Fan.

Tianning Temple, one of the key Buddhist temples in China and a cultural relic protection unit in Jiangsu Province, is known as the first jungle in Southeast China.

5. Yanghe Building:

Yanghe Building is located in the middle section from Zhengding County Center to Chengnanmen, Hebei Province, across South Street of Zhengding South Gate. It was built at the end of Jin and the beginning of Yuan, and has been renovated in Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. The seven-story building is built on a high-rise brick platform, and there are circular arched portals under the platform, one on the left and one on the right, which can be used by pedestrians and horses. Its layout is a bit like the end gate of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, but there is also an inclined platform in the Guandi Temple in the south. The Yanghe Building was demolished in the 1960s, which was very sad.