Recommended temples in Shanxi.

New Qinglian Temple: Three courtyards, with a platform in front, and the Tianwang Hall, Sutra Pavilion, Shijia Hall, and Daxiong Hall built on top. The Guanyin Pavilion and Dizang Pavilion are built separately. The temple has ten steles from the Tang, Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties, with a variety of fonts including regular script, cursive script, clerical script, and seal script. Sutra Pavilion: A Song dynasty building, with some of the Song dynasty paintings still on the brackets. Four corner gods are embedded under the flying eaves, with vivid expressions, and are original Song dynasty pieces. Shijia Hall: Built in the fourth year of the Yuanzhe period of the Northern Song dynasty (1089), with a single-eave hip roof, three bays, and six rafters. The beam frame is exposed, with four rafters and three columns. The brackets are single-layered with five layers, and the brackets and heads are made of bamboo. There are four Song dynasty sculptures. Luohan Hall: Also known as Guanyin Pavilion, built in the first year of the Jianzhong Jingguo period of the Northern Song dynasty (1101), with a gable roof and three bays. The two-story pavilion has sculptures of Guanyin Bodhisattva, Longnu, Tongzi, and sixteen Arhats, which are Song dynasty relics. The stone stele of the "Luohan Stele Inscription" in the middle of the back wall of the Guanyin Pavilion records the names of sixteen Arhats and five hundred Arhats, with the five hundred Arhats being the earliest recorded. Child Embracing Mother Ancient Cypress: Over a hundred years ago, the mother cypress withered, and the temple's abbot decided to cut it down the next day. That night, a young cypress climbed up the mother's trunk and tightly embraced it, leaving it behind. 2. Ancient Qinglian Temple: Also known as the Lower Courtyard of Qinglian Temple, it is the site of the Tang dynasty temple, consisting of two halls and a stupa. The main hall and south hall were rebuilt due to severe collapse. Maitreya Hall: Hip roof with three bays, with existing Tang dynasty colored sculptures.