Long'er Temple in Mianchi County, Henan

Long'er Temple is located on a slope more than 200 meters south of Anbei Village, Zhangcun Town, Mianchi County. Originally named Shengshouyuan, its founding date is unknown. It was renamed Long'er Temple in the sixteenth year of the Dading era of the Jin Dynasty. It was rebuilt multiple times during the Zhengde and Jiajing periods of the Ming Dynasty, as well as during the Kangxi and Xianfeng periods of the Qing Dynasty. Due to years of neglect and historical reasons, some important cultural relics of the temple were severely damaged, and later it was converted into a school, resulting in serious destruction of the temple. The existing structures include the mountain gate and the main hall, with symmetrical side halls on both the east and west sides between the main hall and the mountain gate, another side hall on the east side behind the main hall, and two parallel side halls 15 meters to the west of the main hall, standing alone. Each hall has three bays. There is a brick relief screen wall on the east and west sides of the front wall of the mountain gate. The existing buildings are relatively well-preserved, with unique brick relief patterns on the screen walls on both sides of the mountain gate, and the dougong brackets under the eaves of the main hall have the style of the Jin and Yuan periods, which are of certain reference value for the study of temple architecture and brick carving art in the western Henan region. On June 16, 2008, it was announced by the People's Government of Henan Province as the fifth batch of provincial key cultural relics protection units.