Dengfeng

Taishi Que

Taishi Que are the divine gateway towers in front of the Taishi Shrine, the predecessor of the Zhongyue Temple. They are located on the central axis, more than 600 meters in front of the Tianzhong Pavilion of the Zhongyue Temple, at the foot of Huanggai Peak of Taishi Mountain in the east of Dengfeng City. Later, they became an important building in the leading space of the Zhongyue Temple in successive dynasties. Taishi Que are the earliest existing temple towers in China, an important physical witness to the ancient worship of the Taishi Mountain god, and a model of ancient Chinese sacrificial ritual architecture.