The Pavilion of the Emperor of the Heaven is located in the center of Ningxia, Yinchuan. It had a history of more than 600 years. It is a Taoism temple.
This is a big roof traditional wood construction with clinker-built pavilion and the upturned eave. The structure is compact and unique. The Pavilion of the Emperor of the Heaven is a two-floor pavilion with the height of the Chinese style pavilion about 22 meters. The base assumes the rectangle shape and the height is 19 meters, with a length of 37meters from the east to west. The width is 25 meters from north to south. The vigor is grand with the drum tower located on the opposite.
The base is of earth construction and package of brick. The width from north and south is nearly 5 meters long with arch shape brickwork channel under it where it could let pedestrians and vehicles to pass though. The 3 floors upturned eaves angle pavilion built in the southeast corner of the base is where the tourist could ascend to get a view of this.



Name:Yinchuan Pavilion of the Emperor of the Heaven (Yuhuang Ge)
City:Yinchuan
Address:Downtown Yinchuan
Admission:Free

This article was posted on 2007-08-22
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