Shanxi really has a temple built for cats, the Meow Meow Church Headquarters.

I heard that there is a Tie Mao Temple in Shanxi. This time I visited Shanxi and visited the Meow Meow Church Headquarters: Tie Mao Temple for our three cats. · Tie Mao Temple is located in Dayu Village, Dayu Town, Yangqu County, Taiyuan City. It is named Tie Mao Temple because it enshrines iron cats. The original temple has been destroyed, and only one iron cat statue stands on the high platform. It is said that this iron cat was stolen, and there are still many legends about iron cats in the village... · According to the inscription, the iron cat was cast in the 14th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1535). The craftsmanship is exquisite and superb. It has been exposed to the sun and rain for hundreds of years, and there is still no rust, and the light can be dazzling. It is said that after the temple was destroyed, someone built a house for the iron cat and put it in the house, but rust spots appeared in a few days, so they had to dismantle the house and put it on the open platform, and the rust spots disappeared, which was surprising. · The reason for casting iron cats is said to be to guard the rat spirits on the Rat Mountain in the north of Dayu Village. The direction of the iron cat should be the Rat Mountain. Like the iron lion statue, the iron cat originally had one male and one female. Now the male iron cat does not know where it is. There is a female iron cat left here, and there is a kitten under her belly. 🐱, cute. · An iron cat park was built around the iron cat statue, and it was locked when we went. Waiting outside the courtyard wall for a long time, I thought I couldn't go in to see the iron cat, and suddenly found that the phone was left at the door. I called the cultural relic officer, and soon two enthusiastic sisters came to open the door by electric car, and did some farm work in the yard by the way. · 📍Location: Dayu Village, Dayu Town, Yangqu County, Taiyuan City 🎫Tickets: None · There is nothing to see in the Tie Mao Temple except for the iron cat statue, but it is located between Taiyuan and Xinzhou, and the driving time from Taiyuan City and Xinzhou City is about 40 minutes, so you can check in ✅️. It's a pity that the Iron Cat Park is locked and not open daily. There may be too many cultural relics in Shanxi, and such a county-level cultural relic protection unit does not have time and energy to manage. But if you tidy up the Tie Mao Temple, come out with some iron cat peripherals, pet blessing activities, and attract the majority of shovel officers to come to this "Meow Meow Church Headquarters" to check in, that would be great!