1. Jidu Temple is in the shape of "A", with Jidu Temple in front and Beihai Temple in the back, Yuxiang Garden in the east and Tianqing Palace in the west, covering an area of 130 mu. It is the largest and best preserved ancient architectural complex in China. 1996, Jidu Temple was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection unit.
2. The existing ancient buildings in the temple began in the Tang Dynasty and lasted for thousands of years from the Northern Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. It is a concrete and subtle museum of ancient architectural art in China.
3. The earliest and largest single wooden structure building, Du Ji Palace in the Northern Song Dynasty, and I-shaped halls and cloisters, which are rare in the world, not only reflect the rough and bold atmosphere of northern architecture, but also contain the exquisite ingenuity of Jiangnan gardens.
Water has been a famous river in Sichuan since ancient times, so it ranks among the four blasphemies, just like the Yangtze River, the Yellow River and the Huaihe River. Sacrifices to Jishui and Beihai have always been listed as national sacrifices, and politicians are "cautious and dare not be lazy".
Every year, the imperial court will send important officials to sacrifice regularly, which has gradually become customized. Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, all national events, such as war, regime change, praying for rain and even the life and death of members of the royal family, have to be told to the water-saving god and Beihai, and folk sacrificial activities have become more frequent.