Jinci Temple

Jinci Temple, located in Jinci Town, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, was originally named Tang Shuyu temple. It was built to commemorate Tang Shuyu, the founder of the state of Jin (later named King Jing) and his mother's empress Jianghou. It is the earliest existing classical ancestral garden complex in China, with 98 buildings over 300 years old, 110 statues, 300 tablet inscriptions and 37 casting work of art. It is a model of the perfect combination of solemn and elegant, ancestral sacrificial architecture and natural landscape. The combination of natural landscape and humanistic architecture of Jinci Temple represents a masterpiece of creative genius.