Located 25 miles southwest of Yongji City, Zhongtiao Mountain, corresponding to the world-famous Yingying Pagoda of Universal Salvation Temple, is one of the famous temples in Puzhou. Founded in the Northern Wei Dynasty, during the Ming Hongwu period, Shifo Temple, Zhuxi Temple, and Dumen Temple in Shendi Village, Pinglu County were merged into Wangu Temple, and it was called "the first Zen forest in Zhongtiao". Legend: Wangu Temple is the crystallization of the art of master and apprentice, and the Yingying Pagoda of Pujiu Temple opposite it is the work of the master, so they are also called sister towers.
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Show More ReviewsWangu Temple is located at the foot of Zhongtiao Mountain, southwest of Yongji, Shanxi. It was first built in the third year of Zhengguang in the Northern Wei Dynasty. It was originally named "Youzai Temple". It was burned down in wars and rebuilt in the Sui Dynasty and renamed Wangu Temple, which means "ten thousand years of solidity". It was called "the first Zen temple in Zhongtiao" at that time.