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1、(英文介绍)晋祠JinciTempleUPdated:2020-08-28JinciTempleinTaiyuan,ShanxiprovincePhoto/VCGJust25kilometersfromdowntownTaiyuan,JinciTempleisahistoricculturalsiteofferingfineexamplesofancientChinesearchitecture,sculpture,frescoesandinscriptions.Thetemplefeaturesaroyalgardenwithcopiouspagodatreesanda3,000-year-
2、oldcypress,aswellaspalaces,moatedpavilionsandbridgesthatbranchoffeachother.FirstconstructedduringtheNorthernWeiDynasty(368-534),thetemplestandsinmemoryofprinceJiYuoftheWesternZhouDynasty(c.Ilthcentury-771BC)onthesiteofhiskingdomscapital,amonumenttohiscommitmenttoimprovethelivesofhispeople.Modifiedan
3、dexpandedoversubsequentcenturies,theresultingtempleisadiversecollectionofmorethan100sculptures,bridges,terracesandbuildings.MostofthetemplesdozensofbuildingswerebuiltaftertheTangDynasty(618-907),primarilyusingwood,tilesandstone.Manybuildingshavebeenwellpreservedandretainanaturallookwithwoodensurface
4、sweatheredovermanyhundredsofyears.YiJiangHallbuiltintheSongDynasty(960-1279)PhotobyWangXThemostfamousbuildingatJinciTempleisthefive-storyYiJiangHallzbuiltintheSongDynasty(960-1279).Itisagrandstructuredecoratedwithyellowandgreenglazededgeworkandcarvedwoodendragonscoiledarounditseightsupportingpillars
5、ofitsconvexdouble-eaveroof.InsideJinciTemplearepaintedsculpturescraftedintheNorthernSongDynasty(960-1127AD),someofthetemplesstrongesthistoricofferings.StatuesofYiJiangzwifeofthefounderoftheWesternZhouDynasty(c.Ilthcentury-771BC),and42ofhermaidsprovideavividdepictionofmyriadSongDynastycharacteristics.JinciTemplewaslistedasanational4Atouristattractionin2001.Address:Jincitown,Jinyuandistrict,Taiyuancity,Shanxiprovince
