My Life FIRST | Guandi Temple at Qiqu Mountain

Address, No. 2 Cuiyun Lang Road, Zitong County, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province The Guandi Temple in Zitong County, Sichuan is located to the north of the Kuixing Tower of the Da Temple on Qiqu Mountain, and is quite imposing. The Guandi Temple on Qiqu Mountain consists of the Gaomen, the Worship Hall, and the Guan Sheng Hall, which was originally built during the Ming Dynasty. The Guan Sheng Hall still retains the architectural features of the Ming Dynasty, while the Gaomen and Worship Hall were repaired during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. The entire ancient building gives people a feeling of simplicity, elegance, and grandeur. The Guandi Temple is located on the right side of the Wenchang Main Hall of the Da Temple on Qiqu Mountain, and was originally built during the Ming Dynasty. It has a single-eave hip-and-gable roof (also known as a nine-ridge roof, which is one of the styles of ancient Chinese architectural roofs and is second only to the Wudian roof in terms of specifications), with a width of three bays (15m), using the method of reducing columns (a method that originated during the Song and Liao dynasties, which involves reducing some of the inner columns to increase the interior space of the building, also known as the reducing column method), forming a square shape, with a building area of 225 square meters.