[2025 Jiang County Attraction] Travel Guide for Nanliu Taishan Temple (Updated Mar)

📍 Shanxi · Yuncheng · Jiangxian County 🔸On the small country road leading to Nanliu Taishan Temple, the ground is covered with hawthorn pits, and the air is filled with a sweet and sour scent. The temple sits on a raised platform in the countryside, consisting of a few simple ancient buildings and a dead old tree. The exact date of its construction is unknown, but the existing ancient buildings are relics from the Yuan to Qing dynasties. 🔸Inside the temple stands a thousand-year-old cypress tree, said to have been planted during the time of Confucius and known as the "Zhou Cypress." Due to accidental damage to its roots during past rural construction, the ancient cypress is no longer lush and green. It's a shame that this ancient cypress cannot be revived, but it still stands tall, guarding the ancient buildings. 🔸Today, we cannot verify why such a large-scale Taishan Temple was built here a thousand years ago. Perhaps in the long course of history, this place was once a flourishing center of worship, attracting countless believers. Now, we can only observe the companionship of the ancient tree and the old temple, quietly guarding this land. 🔸The power of gods comes from human faith. Without faith, they will only gradually weaken and eventually disappear. 🔸This place possesses a quiet beauty, yet also exudes a sense of everyday life. A thousand-year-old cypress, a few old temple buildings, vibrant plants on the ground, and hawthorns casually drying on the balcony. The smoke from the temple keeper's cooking fire adds a touch of life and vitality, creating a harmonious scene. The temple receives few tourists, mainly architecture enthusiasts who come to explore. If you have time, stay a while and quietly experience the inner peace. 🚗 Transportation: Chartering a car or driving yourself is recommended; parking is available at the entrance. ⏰ Opening hours: The gate was open when I visited, and I went straight in. As I was leaving, a friendly man on a bicycle asked where we were from; he might have been the cultural relic preservationist. He seemed happy to see visitors, as it meant that someone still came to explore the beauty of this ancient temple.

|Early architecture of southeast Shanxi. Located in Nanliu Village, Nanfan Town, Xinjiang, Yuncheng, this temple is like a bright pearl lying quietly in the dust of history. The exact date of construction of Nanliu Taishan Temple is unknown, but the main structures of the main hall, Houtu Hall, and Shengmu Hall are Yuan Dynasty buildings. The architectural layout of Nanliu Taishan Temple is relatively well-preserved, and the characteristics of the three main halls of the Yuan Dynasty are more prominent, providing physical evidence for the study of early architecture in southeast Shanxi. Nanliu Taishan Temple is built on a flat highland, and the architectural layout is well-preserved. Amazingly, there is a cypress tree over 1,700 years old on the south side of the temple, with lush branches and leaves, and the shadow of the tree swaying, forming a wonderful symbiotic picture of the tree and the temple. Address: About 1,000 meters southwest of Nanliu Village, Nanfan Town, Jiangxian County, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province. Opening hours: Open all day, but you need to find a villager to get the key Tickets: Free!

A single-eave hanging mountain top, Cylindrical tile roof, Receiving the low hum from the sky. Loneliness, a million kinds of loneliness, It is the Nanliu Taishan Temple. No walls, No mountain gate, Empty and vast. It is the symbol of all wandering, seeking, and homesickness, Yet stubbornly hangs between time and eternity. ♥️ A visit is not easy, only accessible by self-driving. Hard to find. Directly navigate to Nanliu Village, ask locals, cross the fields, by the crops drying on the roadside (because really few people walk this road). You can fly a drone, it's super beautiful from high above, with a strong sense of fate.