An 800-year-old national treasure-level temple, no tickets required but no tourists

In Shanxi, there is actually an 800-year-old national treasure-level temple. No tickets are required but there are no tourists, quietly adding points to Shanxi's cultural tourism! Curious friends might ask, where exactly is this 800-year-old national treasure-level temple in Shanxi that doesn't require tickets but has no tourists? What unknown secrets does it hold? With these questions and curiosity, today we will talk about the Taifu Temple. Taifu Temple is located in Shangmiao Village, Xinghua Town, 17 kilometers northeast of Fenyang City, Lüliang, Shanxi Province. In the fifth year of Jin Cheng'an (1200), a jiao altar was established in the temple, and it was repaired during the Ming and Qing dynasties. The existing Haotian Jade Emperor Hall is an original structure from the Jin Dynasty, while the rest were built during the Ming Dynasty. Taifu Temple faces south, with a length of 177.5 meters from north to south and a width of 50 meters from east to west, covering an area of 8,875 square meters. It has two courtyards, with the central axis running from south to north including a screen wall, a paifang, a reverse stage (the lower level is the mountain gate, with Guan Yu Temple and Erlang Hall on both sides), and the Haotian Jade Emperor Hall (with Houtu Shengmu Hall and Wuyue Hall on both sides). On June 25, 2001, Taifu Temple was announced as the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units. A significant cultural relic protection unit, no tickets required but no tourists, quietly adding points to Shanxi's cultural tourism!