Where is Bigan Temple?

Bigan Temple is in Weihui City, Henan Province.

Bigan Temple, the temple of loyal ministers in Shang Dynasty, is located in Weihui City, Xinxiang City, Henan Province. It is an important building that combines temples with graves. It is the first temple in China with graves, and it is called "the first temple in the world". The spacious temples and magnificent buildings show the intelligence and artistic creativity of the working people of Han nationality in ancient China.

The existing building was rebuilt in the seventh year of Ming Hongzhi. The main building of the whole temple consists of Shinto, Zhaobi, Shanmen, Gate 2, stele gallery, square timber, annex hall and main hall, with a total construction area of 47,000 square meters. There are many precious cultural relics preserved in the temple, and its calligraphy, sculpture and architectural style all have high taste and historical value.

Distribution of scenic spots

According to the resources and development foundation in the scenic area, the development layout of the tourist area is characterized by "one heart, two rings and five functional areas". With Bigan Temple as the core and expanding outward, it is generally divided into two rings, the cultural exhibition ring and the ecological garden ring. On this basis, the Bigan Forest Garden Tourist Area in Weihui City is divided into five functional areas: temple area, cultural exhibition area, forest memorial area, ecological park and commercial service area, with a total area of about 79 1 1,000 square meters.

Among them, the expanded tourist area is about 744,000 square meters. Temple area is the core scenic spot of Bigan Forest Park, a national key cultural relic protection area. Its main landscapes include zhaobi, stele gallery, empty lion, Daxiong Hall, Kuaiyi cypress, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Imperial Book Monument of Qingganlong, Sword Monument of Confucius, and cemetery. The built-up area is about 47,000 square meters.

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