Where have all the descendants of Li in Longxi gone?

Still in Longxi, there is an ancestral temple.

In Longxi, Dingxi, Gansu, there is a place called Lijialong Palace. Lijialong Palace was built in the early Tang Dynasty. It is a palace-style ancient building complex in the Tang Dynasty, and it is also the ancestral temple of the Li nationality in the world. It is famous at home and abroad for the "Lijialong Palace" inscribed by Emperor Taizong and Li Shimin.

The reason why it is called "Dragon Palace" must be related to Li Shimin. After all, it is not unreasonable to call it a ancestral temple that once offered sacrifices to the emperor. This Lijialong Palace is currently open to the public free of charge and is also a national AAAA-level tourist attraction. In the Tang Dynasty, the Li family flourished. With the decline of Li Tang in the later period, the Li nationality in Longxi had to move south.

Behind the "Lijialong Palace"

In the five years of the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Li Ruxiang, a descendant of Li, a native of Linyi, Longxi County, Shandong Province, advocated raising funds to rebuild the palace. After liberation, the remaining eleven ancient buildings were restored to their original appearance, making them look brilliant today.

Lijialong Palace is one of the important carriers and landmark buildings to study the Li cultural sites in Longxi, and it is also an ancient architectural complex preserved in Longxi. This "Dragon Palace" faces south, with a length of 600 meters from east to west and a width of 440 meters from north to south, with a building area of 25,000 square meters. Although it is called a palace, it is not large in scale, but its specifications are higher than those of temples, and it is divided into three groups: upper, middle and lower.