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Zhengzhou Confucius Temple, initially built during the Eastern Han dynasty 1900 years ago, is one of the oldest Confucian Temples in China. Other important architectural heritage sites in the city center include Town God Temple and Erqi Memorial Tower. One internationally known tourist attraction is the Shaolin Monastery (少林寺), which is ...
City God Temple of Beijing: Beijing: Capital Wen Tianxiang, Yang Jiaoshan: Rear court room remained [1] City God Temple of Guangzhou: Guangzhou, Guangdong: Capital Liu Yan: Hai Rui, Yang Jiaoshan [2] City God Temple of Hangzhou: Hangzhou, Zhejiang: Provincial Zhou Xin [3] City God Temple of Hefei: Hefei, Anhui: Prefectural Sun Jue [4] City God ...
A City God (Chinese: 城隍神; pinyin: Chénghuángshén; lit. 'god of the boundary'), is a tutelary deity in Chinese folk religion who is believed to protect the people and the affairs of the particular village, town or city of great dimension, and the corresponding location in the afterlife. City God cults appeared over two millennia ago ...
City God temples in China (1 C) This page was last edited on 7 February 2025, at 07:34 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
City God temples in Anhui (1 P) This page was last edited on 7 February 2025, at 07:32 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
City God temple of Zhengzhou , the temple dedicated to him in Zhengzhou City, built no later than 1501(14th year of Hongzhi era, Ming dynasty). References. Siege of ...
Temples of City God (城隍廟), which worships the patron God of a village, town or a city. Smaller household shrines or votive niche, such as the worship of Zaoshen and Caishen . Gōng ( 宮 ), meaning " palace " is a term used for a templar complex of multiple buildings, while yuàn ( 院 ), meaning "institution," is a generic term meaning ...
Dengfeng (Chinese: 登封; pinyin: Dēngfēng; postal: Tengfeng) is a county-level city of Henan Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhengzhou. In ancient times, it was known as Yangcheng (traditional Chinese: 陽城; simplified Chinese: 阳城; pinyin: Yángchéng). [citation needed]