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Chinese ancient architecture and grottoes in Sichuan: 4 entries, including Feng Huan Que, Huangze Temple, Yunyan Temple, Jiangyou, and more.

001 Architecture Feng Huan Que The Feng Huan Que stand at Zhaojiaping beside Tuxi Field in Quxian. Their owner, Feng Huan, was a native of Dangqu who rose to Inspector of Youzhou under Emperor An of the Eastern Han. In Jian'guang 1, a forged imperial edict led to his imprisonment; after he appealed and died in custody, the court still granted burial compensation. Local gazetteers say he was returned to his home district. Song and Qing epigraphic works use the que inscription, imperial edict, broken stele, and stele reverse to recover his unrecorded tenure as Inspector of Yuzhou and explain “Yanwang Tomb” as a local misnomer. Eastern Han · Sichuan · Quxian, Dazhou, Sichuan Province
002 Architecture Wuhou Shrine In the third year of the Zhangwu reign of Shu Han (223), Liu Bei was buried in the Huiling Mausoleum in Chengdu; the Temple of the Former Sovereign founded under the Southern Qi and the Wuhou Shrine that appeared during the Northern and Southern Dynasties thereafter stood separately beside the tomb. In the twenty-fourth year of the Hongwu reign of the Ming (1391), Zhu Chun, Prince Xian of Shu, abolished the separate shrine to Marquis Wu and moved Zhuge Liang into the Temple of Emperor Zhaolie of Han; after the rebuilding in the Kangxi reign of the Qing, Liu Bei came to occupy the front and Zhuge Liang the rear. The main gate still bears the plaque “Temple of Emperor Zhaolie of Han,” while the whole joint mausoleum-temple of sovereign and minister is popularly known as the “Wuhou Shrine.” Shu Han · Sichuan · Wuhou District, Chengdu, Sichuan Province
003 Grottoes Huangze Temple Huangze Temple stands on the west bank of the Jialing River in Guangyuan, Sichuan. Its cliff carvings were begun in the late Northern Wei, with further caves opened under the Western Wei, Northern Zhou, Sui, and Tang. This article traces the Tang Buddha pavilion, the Later Shu temple of Wu Zetian's old residence, the Northern Song Hall of Empress Wu's True Countenance, and Qing-dynasty visits, and includes old photographs by Ernst Boerschmann and Liang Sicheng. Northern Wei · Sichuan · Lizhou District, Guangyuan, Sichuan Province
004 Architecture Yunyan Temple, Jiangyou Yunyan Temple stands on Mount Douchuan in Wudu, Jiangyou, Sichuan. The county gazetteer dates its imperial foundation to the Tang Qianfu era; its eastern precinct was Buddhist and its western precinct Daoist. The Feitian Repository was built in 1181 under the Southern Song, repaired under the Yuan and survived the wars at the end of the Ming. This entry includes foundation records, Zhu Zhang’s poem and accounts of summit repairs, alongside historical photographs. Listed in 1988 in the third group of Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level as Yunyan Temple, with the designated period Song–Qing. Tang dynasty · Sichuan · Mount Douchuan, Wudu, Jiangyou, Mianyang, Sichuan, China

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