Jinci Temple

 Situated 25 kilometers away from the southeast of Taiyuan City.Jinci Temple is famous for its cultural relics combined beautiful scenic spots with traditional Chinese culture.Around the entrance ,Anicet trees are pretty conspicuous to visitors.Besides,there are also ancient Chinese architecture for tourists,such as halls,cabinets,pavilions and bridges .

Jinci Temple has a long history, which can be traced back to the Western Zhou Dynasty (11th century BC to 711 BC), when King Cheng made his younger brother Yu a leader of one of his states. Yu was an intelligent leader who devoted all his energies to making the state prosperous, so his descendants built a temple for him after his death, in order to honor his achievement.

 Saint Mother Hall, the oldest building in the temple, is one of the main reasons that so many visitors come to the temple. Together with the Flying Bridge across the Fish Pond, and the Offerings Hall, these exquisite buildings provide evidence of a new era in Chinese architecture. For example, the Flying Bridge across the Fish Pond is the only one of its kind that exists now; accordingly, it plays an important role in an investigation of the ancient bridges of China.

There are three  wonders,the Figures of The Maidservants, the Zhou Cypress and the Never Aging Spring attractting people home and abroad to the temple. As is shown in the right picture, each of the clay sculptures of  Maidservants  in the Saint Mother Hall built during the Song Dynasty (960-1279) are quite unique in character design.Whether these postures are washing, sweeping or dancing, they are all vividly sculpted in a  natural way.