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"Hongdong Dayushu Root-seeking Sacrifice Park Tourist Scenic Area is located in Jiacun, Hongdong County, Shanxi Province. It is the only holy place for folk sacrifice with the theme of "root-seeking" and "salting ancestors". The national AAAA-level scenic spot and the key cultural relics protection unit of Shanxi Province. In 2008, the custom of Dayushu sacrifice ancestors was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. List. "Ask me where my ancestors were, Shanxi Hongdong big banyan tree" refers to here."

"Guangsheng Temple is located in the south foot of Huoshan, east of Hongdong County, Shanxi Province, China. It is composed of Shang Temple, Xia Temple and Shui Temple. It has a long history and a strange architectural style. It is a world-famous Buddhist monastery. According to the "Pingyang Mansion Zhi", Guangsheng Temple was built in the Eastern Han Dynasty and the first year (AD 147), the first name of the Ayu Wang Pagoda, also known as Julushe Temple. When the emperors of Northern Wei Taiwu and Beizhou Wudi were in power, the temples were twice destroyed on a large scale, and all the temples were destroyed except the Sheli Pagoda. Tang Dali four years (769 AD), Xiangyang County Wang Guo Ziyi asked Emperor Li Yuxuan to build a rebuilt tower, Dai Zong Zhunxi and gave the amount of "Dali Guangsheng Temple", meaning "the vastness of the sky, the famous places are the world", people referred to as "Guangsheng Temple", and later experienced repair and reconstruction. The temple building community layout is rigorous and unique, of which, the Feihong Pagoda and the Daxiong Palace of the Shang Temple were rebuilt for the Ming Dynasty, the remaining main buildings retain the architectural style of the Yuan Dynasty, and the temple also has murals, wood carvings, mud and plastic cultural relics."