The layout of Sanyuan City God Temple

A twelve-meter-high Xieshan archway was built in front of the main entrance, with the words "Weiling Zhaoying Temple" written on the forehead. Wood carvings on the archway include "Dragon Playing with Pearls", "Phoenix Returning to its Nest", "Lion Rolling Hydrangea". " and other auspicious patterns give people a sense of broadness and majesty. To the north of the archway is the mountain gate of the City God's Temple, which is 15 meters high. It is also called the "Bagua Suspended Beamless Gate" because it has no beams and purlins and is supported by ten bright pillars. Taichi diagrams and Bagua are carved on the hanging pillars and eight groups of brackets. It is named after the symbol. There is a three-meter-wide bluestone road running from north to south on the central axis of Damen Pass. On the east and west sides of the mountain gate are plaque galleries, inlaid with stone carvings of "Before and After" written by Yue Fei. Because of its eloquent expression, elegant calligraphy and exquisite carvings, it is known as the "Three Unique Monuments". The third wooden archway to the north has the inscription "Zhi descends here", and the carvings below have allusions such as "King Yao visited the wise", "Yue Fei rushed to take the exam", "Li Bai drunkenly wrote" and other allusions, which are vivid and three-dimensional. The second stone archway to the north has the words "Ming Ling Guarantee" engraved on the forehead and the word "surveillance" engraved on the vertical plate. The forehead arch is engraved with allusions such as "Eighteen Bachelors Climb to Yingzhou" and "Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage", which is elegant in shape. , the carving is unique.

To the north of the stone archway is the theater building, which is a nine-ridge mountain-style building with exquisite construction art and different styles at the front and back. On the forehead, there are wood carvings of birds and animals such as "Cang Long Playing Ao", "Phoenix Crying in the Morning", "Dragon Roaring and Tiger Roaring", "Mighty Lion Xianglin" and other structures on the frame of the bird, with natural and interesting expressions.

Go through the theater building and come to the middle courtyard. In the courtyard, surrounded by verandas, connected by curved houses, and eighteen east and west corridors, there are exhibitions of cultural relics unearthed from the Tang Dynasty and porcelain from past dynasties. The second bell and drum floors on both sides of the central courtyard are both 14.5 meters high. They are a triple-eaves cross-mountain-style building. The building is supported on twelve pillars with three-meter-high glazed "gaoming" on them, which is tall and eye-catching. The wooden head is carved with dragons, phoenixes, lions, elephants, etc. The overall structure is solemn, the structure is rigorous and the shape is elegant. The shape is similar to the turret of the Forbidden City and is gorgeous. The fourth wooden archway is located in the middle courtyard. It is the largest one in the whole temple. It is engraved with "Ming Ling Lai Blessing". There are allusions such as "Nu Wa patching up the sky" and 58 boys of different handsome shapes are carved on their heads.

The City God’s Hall is a group of main halls composed of a worship hall and a dedication hall. It is 15 meters high overall and has a construction area of ??more than 700 square meters. In the dedication hall, there is a 6-meter-high statue of the City God and the four heavenly kings. , 20 paintings reflecting the ten palaces of Yama and the eighteen levels of hell are displayed in the worship hall. The base of the entire ceremony is 1.2 meters high. On the east and west side are the Ming Dynasty imperial edicts and the paper-burning tower made of iron during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. The east and west side halls and the main hall architecture complement each other and are majestic. At the end is the bedroom, covering an area of ??697 square meters. It is composed of doors, pavilions, corridors, halls and buildings, and is sealed with thick walls, with carved walls and glazed roofs, making it unique. The exquisite spatial layout, architectural techniques, carving techniques and painting art of the ancient Chenghuang Temple embody the wisdom of the working people in ancient my country. It is a precious ancient architectural cultural heritage in our country.