Where is Yemaoshan Temple located?

Yemaoshan Temple is a cultural tourist attraction.

The Yemaoshan Temple, also known as the Lingying Temple, is located on the mountain in the east of Yemaoshan Village, Hancha Township, Hengshan County. Covering an area of ??more than 3,000 square meters, it is located in the northwest, facing southeast, with ditches in the east and west, and Changmao about 2.5 kilometers in the south and south. Yuanmu_Wangfang Garden is about 200 to 300 kilometers away, with majestic mountains and beautiful scenery. The temple was built during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and was expanded and repaired during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty. The inscription records that "the Emperor Xuan became more powerful and became more powerful. He also mentioned that the dragon was sitting in Hengkan, and the tiger and the cockroach were powerful in the local area. The unicorn was dancing and the phoenix was flying. The Nine Heavens Virgin Mother, who was a maiguan, was not aware of it but had a mourning hall named Xuandi Temple. It should be built on the temple." Later during the Wanli period, there were experts who repaired it." In addition, the old site of Lingying Mountain was the place where the Buddhist temple and pagoda was built. The inscription on the place where the Buddhist temple was built was "the 20th year of Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty (1755)" and the inscription of the founding of the Buddhist temple pagoda was "the 38th year of Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty (1773)". The inscription on the Yemaoshan Temple is "In May of the Bingshen Year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty".

The current temple is composed of temple buildings such as the Patriarch, the Empress, the Lingguan, the Dragon King, the Mountain God, the Earth, the Kuixing Ye, and the Wenchang. The Zushi Temple and the Niangniang Temple are the main buildings, with an arched cave interior and a Jishan style roof. The width is 8.45 meters, the depth is 4.4 meters and 4.25 meters respectively. The roll shed is a Jishan style tile roof. Other buildings have reasonable layout and unique architectural style, making the whole temple integrated and magnificent.

In the 1960s, some buildings and all the statues in the temple were destroyed. In the 1980s, they were gradually restored.

Information source: Hengshan County Party Committee Party History and Local Chronicles Research and Compilation Office