Longxing Temple, a national key cultural relic protection unit and national AA level tourist attractions, is located in the community on Sifu Street of Longxing Town, Xinjiang County, on the Gao Fu at the north end of Longxing Road. It sits north to south, 128.6 meters long from north to south and 37.4 meters wide from east to west, covering an area of 4809.64 square meters. The temple was built in the Tang Dynasty, formerly known as the Biluo Taoist Temple. In the first year of Xianchun of Emperor Gaozong (AD 670), it was renamed Longxing Temple. During the Song Dynasty, the Great Emperor Zhao Kuangyin lived here, and changed the temple into a palace. Later it was occupied by monks and the name Longxing Temple was restored.

Its central axis is symmetrically arranged and built from south to north: gate, 108 steps, Biluo Tablet, Daxiong Baodian Hall, East and West halls, Longxing Pagoda and Song-Jin Ancient Tombs. Among them, Biluo Tablet, Painted clay sculpture of Song-Jin Dynasties in Da Xiong Hall and mysterious pagoda with multiple smoke rising are the most famous. There are 7 pieces of painted sculptures in the Main Hall, and the blue tablet is a national first-class cultural relic and calligraphy treasure, and under the steps of the southeast of the pagoda, there are two moved brick tombs of Song and Jin in 1995. Longxing Temple has a high cultural relic protection value due to its unique architectural layout, scientific architectural structure and artistic inscriptions and statues.     

【Longxing Pagoda】     

Longxing Pagoda, the landmark building of Jiangzhou, is located in the Longxing Temple of Xinjiang. It is recorded that the tower was built in the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, originally eight stories high. In the 42nd year of Emperor Qianlong's reign of Qing Dynasty (AD 1777), due to the reason of the collapse of the outer tower in 1777, it was covered with outer skin when being rebuilt, raised to thirteen stories, octagonal, 43.7 meters high. This tower is a unique symbol of the ancient city, so also known as the "Jiangzhou Pagoda."

The main reason why the ancient pagoda is famous is that the pagoda gives off smoke. According to the "Xinjiang County Record", Longxing Pagoda had six times of smoking: in the first year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, in 1937, 1971, 1976 and 1993. According to the 1941 "inscription on the tablet of rebuilding Xinjiang Longxing Temple", in the first year of Guangxu Emperor (1875 AD), "smoke rose from the top of the tower and the sky rose straight up, which was a sign of the name of developed science". In the Mid-autumn Festival in 1971, every day near dusk, a wisp of smoke rose from the top of the tower, lasted about half an hour to disappear, three or four hundred meters away from the tower could be clearly seen, this phenomenon repeated more than ten days to stop, no less than a thousand spectators each day. According to the record of the Xinjiang County Museum, August 21, 1993 solstice 28 consecutive 8 days, every day near dusk, the top of the pagoda smoked again, the duration was different, the reason, still need scientific research.

It was officially opened as a tourist attraction in 1991. In January 1996, it was rated as the key cultural relic protection unit of Shanxi Province. In December 2002, it was listed as a national AA level scenic spot. In May 2006, it was announced as a national key cultural relic protection unit. It is now managed by the Xinjiang County Museum. 

Address:

No. 2 Longxing Road, Xinjiang County

Opening hours:

Summer:  8:00 am-6:00 pm                 Winter:  8:00 am-5:30 pm

Ticket Price:

Entrance: ￥20/person/time   

Tower: ￥5/person/time  

Ancient tomb: ￥3/person/time    

Tour guide service: ￥30 yuan/time

Traffic guide:

1. Drive out the gate of Xinjiang expressway, along the 799 county road through Xincheng District, to Beihuan road. Choose any intersection in the south to Xidajie street and then to Laocheng District.

2. Get off at Xinjiang Qiaotou Square for Yuncheng Bus or Houma Bus, walk 100 meters to the west, and then walk north along Longxing Street to the top of Longxing Temple.You can also take No. 1 bus and get off at Longxing Square.

Hotline:

0359--7523731