The Yongle Palace, built in the Yuan Dynasty, is a Taoist temple built to commemorate Lv Dongbin. It took 110 years to complete and was originally named Dachunyang Wanshou Palace. It is the earliest, largest, and best-preserved Taoist temple in China. The Yongle Palace is renowned for its exquisite mural art, magnificent palace architecture, impressive relocation project, and unique Taoist culture.
The existing earliest, largest in scale, and most complete Guan Di Temple and palace-style Taoist architecture in China, known as "Ancestor of Guan Temple" and "Crown of Martial Temples".
According to stone tablets and historical records, the Emperor Shun's Mausoleum was first built during the reign of Emperor Yu in the Xia Dynasty, and the temple was built during the Tang Dynasty in the era of Kaiyuan. The existing buildings date back to the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. The current Shun Emperor's mausoleum scenic area is arranged in a north-south direction along a central axis over 1,000 meters long, including the Shun Emperor Square, Shun Emperor Avenue, Ancient Cypress Square, Twin Cypress Trees, Ritual Gate (Mountain Gate), Offering Hall, Hall of Worship, Mausoleum, and Imperial City, presenting a magnificent and grand scale.
Yuncheng Salt Lake
As one of the three largest inner salt lakes of sodium sulfate in the world, Yuncheng Salt Lake, with its salinity resembling that of the Dead Sea in the Middle East, is known as the "Dead Sea of China". The ancient people started to exploit Yuncheng Salt Lake as early as 4,000 years ago. Legend has it that the tribes of Yellow Emperor and Chi You fought over the salt pool.
Guanyue Tower
Located in Puzhou Town, Yongji, it was first built during the Northern Zhou Dynasty and experienced the Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties, Song, and Jin dynasties. It was destroyed during the Yuan Dynasty due to war and rarely seen due to the flooding of the Yellow River. The current Guanque Tower was rebuilt in the style of the Tang Dynasty in 2002. The Guanque Tower, famous for Wang Huan's timeless masterpiece "Ascending Guanque Tower," embodies the sentiments of literati for thousands of years. Today, the scenery of Guanque Tower is plain, with no significant historical sites to be found, only the nostalgia of climbing the tower.
Fenglingdu Town
The name Fenglingdu is said to have originated from the tomb of Nüwa located here. Nüwa is of the Feng surname, and the tomb in Zhao village to the southeast of Fenglingdu is called Fengling.
