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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The park occupies about 30.14 hectares (74.48 acres), including 3.37 hectares (8.33 acres) of water and 25.41 hectares (62.79 acres) of plant life. The Hugong Temple, which is the landmark of the park, faces the south gate. Behind the temple are several artificial lakes. The most western lake is Qingnian lake, with two islands in the middle.
Before Chenghuangshen ("City Gods") became more prominent in China, land worship had a hierarchy of deities conforming strictly to social structure, in which the emperor, kings, dukes, officials, and common people were allowed to worship only the land gods within their command; the highest land deity was the Houtu ("Queen of the Earth").
The Temple of the City God of Pingyao (simplified Chinese: 平遥城隍庙; traditional Chinese: 平遙城隍廟; pinyin: Píngyáo Chéng Huáng miào [1]) is a well-preserved Taoist temple located in Pingyao County, Shanxi Province, China. The temple consists of three separate temples on a complex, covering over 7,300 square meters.
Magong Chenghuang Temple (Chinese: 媽宮城隍廟; pinyin: Māgōng Chénghuáng Miào) is a temple in Magong, Penghu, Taiwan. This temple mainly serves Chenghuangye ( Chinese : 城隍爺 ; pinyin : Chéng-huáng-yé transl. the Lord of City ), a Taoist God in charge of the underworld of an administrative district (similar to Hades ).
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