The distinctive features of Shuangta Temple

Although twin pagoda temple is small in scale, it has its distinctive features. One is to sit south to north, which is just the opposite of a normal temple. Second, it is a characteristic brick structure building. There is no need to nail a wood in the temple, which is a typical beamless building in the Ming Dynasty. Third, the twin towers that have experienced vicissitudes. The fourth is the Ming Dynasty peony with rich flowers. The fifth is the stele gallery, which can be called the treasure of the book forest.

Shuangta Temple * * * has a collection of more than 26 stone tablets, most of which are lost treasures collected from all over Taiyuan after the Cultural Revolution.

When Zhu, the king of Jin, loved calligraphy, Zhu Yuanzhang gave him many famous Mo Bao and calligraphy posts. Zhu Qiyuan, the fourth grandson of Jin Wang Zhu, was addicted to ink, and spent a lot of money collecting famous books and books and devoted himself to Mohan. In the early years of Hongzhi, Zhu Qiyuan selected his own collection and engraved it on more than 18 stone tablets, which was called "Bao Xian Tang Ji Gu Fa Tie" under the name of his study "Bao Xian Tang". Bao Xian Tang Ji Gu Fa Tie is a collection of works by more than 1 calligraphers since Wei and Jin Dynasties, including Zhong You, Mrs. Wei, Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi, Zhiyong, Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang, Ou Yangxun, Liu Gongquan, Yan Zhenqing, Huai Su, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fei, Cai Xiang and Zhu Xi. This precious artistic treasure was scattered among the people during the war in the late Ming Dynasty. In the early Qing Dynasty, Dai Mengxiong and other generations of local officials with cultural conscience collected it and resettled it. In 198, it was moved to Shuangta Temple. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, Li Qingyao, a magistrate in Taiyuan who liked calligraphy, was obsessed with "Bao Xian Tang Ji Gu Fa Tie". He collected Mo Bao, mainly from Tang Bohu, Wen Zhiming, Fu Shan and Dong Qichang in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and named it "Gu Bao Xian Tang Fa Tie". In 198, he also moved to Shuangta Temple.