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Five Dragons Temple (Ruicheng)

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Location
  
Ruicheng

Completed
  
833 Tang Dynasty

Affiliation
  
Daoist

Province
  
Shanxi

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The Five Dragons Temple (simplified Chinese: 五龙庙; traditional Chinese: 五龍庙; pinyin: Wǔ Lóng Mìao) is a Taoist temple located in Ruicheng, Shanxi Province, China. It is also known as King Guangren's Temple (广仁王庙).

The temple contains China's second oldest dated timber building, the Main Hall. It was built in 833 and is of the Tang Dynasty. It measures five bays across and has a hip-gable roof.

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Five Dragons Temple (Ruicheng) Wikipedia