Shanxi Yuncheng | You always have to come to Jiezhou to pay your respects to Lord Guan

| You always have to come to Jiezhou to pay your respects to Lord Guan. Jiezhou, where the character '解' is pronounced 'hai', was historically known as 'Jieliang'. In ancient times, the city of Jieliang was like an eye in the midst of the ocean, surrounded by large bodies of water such as salt ponds, Wu Lake, and Sushui River. This is the origin of the pronunciation 'hai' (亥) for 'Jiezhou', 'Jiexian', and 'Jiechi'. The earliest, largest, most regulated, and best-preserved temple of Guandi in our country is located right here! ⏰ Opening Hours: 8:00-18:00 Ticket🎫: 60 yuan 📍: Jiezhou Town, Yuncheng, Shanxi 🤏: Third batch of national protected units The Jiezhou Guandi Temple was founded in the ninth year of the Sui Kaihuang era (589 AD) and is known as the 'Ancestor of Guan Temples' and the 'Crown of Martial Temples', with a history of over 1400 years. The temple's layout adopts a 'front court and rear sleeping quarters' and a symmetrical palace-style arrangement. The main buildings include the End Gate, the Zhi Gate, the Wu Gate, the Imperial Book Tower, the Chongning Hall, and the Spring and Autumn Tower, etc.