Erwang Temple
Erwang Temple
Erwang Temple is located at the foot of Mt.Yulei Temple to commemorate Duyu, Shu king originally, moved to Pixian county during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. the original temple changed to worship Libing.
In Song Dynasty , Libing and his son were conferred on king one after another . it is an ancient building group to enjoy great prerstige all over the country. it includes five main characteristics: firstly it covers a little area, only 10072 square meters; secondly, the building density is great, nearly 60%; thirdly , it pays a little attention to middle axis symmetry, which does not consort with the basic characteristics of the Chinese ancient buildings; fourth, height difference up and down is great, for 63 meters; fifth, the scale is magnificent and its distribution is compact .
