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The Temple of the City God is a well-preserved Taoist temple located in Pingyao County, Shanxi Province China. The temple consists of three separate temples on a comlplex, covering over 73,000 square meters. Constructed during the Song Dynasty (960-1279), it has undergone two major renovations due to fire in 1544 and 1859. In 1859 during the reign of Emperor Xianfeng, a fire destroyed the structures of the temples. In 1864, donations from locals and rich businessmen helped rebuild the structures in accordance to Song structures, but with Qing-era styling. The temple holds several temples within its temple. * Temple of the City God * * It has numerous additions such as the HAll of te City God, Theatre Hall, abnd Sleep Hall. The Hall of the City God is the court of thye law of the city god, thus having the atmosphere of seriousness and dullness. * Caishen 財神 temple * * This temple is dedicated to the God of Wealth CaiShen 財神 (literally 'Wealth God'). In this temple, there are numerous figures that has dedicated shrines * Zaojun temple * * This temple is dedicated to the Kitchen God 灶君 (literally 'stove master'). == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Temple of the City God of Pingyao」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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