Exploring Shanxi with the Monkey King - Northern Shanxi Chapter

Nanshan Temple, also featured in the game, is located on Mount Wutai, Shanxi. It was first built in the Yuan Dynasty. With seven tiers, it boasts the largest scale among the temples on Mount Wutai. The temple features exquisite mud sculptures, stone carvings, and woodcarvings, with nearly one thousand stone carvings in Youguo Temple renowned for their richness of content and exquisite craftsmanship.

One of the game’s locations is Foguang Temple, which is nestled in Foguang New Village, Wutai County. It boasts the East Great Hall, a seven-bay structure from the Tang Dynasty, and the Manjusri Hall, a seven-bay structure from the Jin Dynasty. The temple also features two octagonal stone pillars from the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty architecture, sculptures, murals, and inscriptions of the temple have been hailed as the "Four Wonders" by Liang Sicheng, with the East Great Hall ranking as the third oldest wooden structure in China.

From the virtual realm of the game to the tangible world around us, we invite you to step out and explore. From the mundane hustle and bustle of daily life to the ethereal realms of Buddhist utopias and treasure troves of sculpture, we encourage you to delve deeper. Exploring Shanxi with the Monkey King, northern Shanxi awaits your visit!

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Source: Comprehensive collation by sx.china.com