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Ningbo
Chenghuang Temple, also Jun (prefecture) Temple, is popularly
called Old Chenghuang Temple. In 134 7
Emperor Zhu Yuan Zhang (Ming Dynasty) gave orders to construct
Chenghuang Temple at the Prefecture of Ningbo with a view
to bring peace to people for the prosperity of the country.
The whole construction is of peculiarity consisting of Menqian
Zhaobi Gongqiang (Arched Gateway with an opposite Screen
Wall), Damen Mingtang (Bright Hall), Yimen Xitai ( Yimen
Stage), Qian Dian (Front Hall), Hou Dian (Back Hall), and
its total construction area is 4,700 sqaure meters, one
of the biggest Chenghuang temples in China. The style of
the construction is the mixture of the best construction
from Ming and Qing dynasties. In Ningbo, it is thefirst
selected tourist attraction and place for busin essmen
from different parts of the country and has been prosperous
since Ming Dynasty.
Over
more than ten years of development or construction, the
temple area now has the street of new temple and old temple,
food city, Guotai handicraft, and a mall and the Shopping
Centre of Asia with a planned area of 100,000 square meters
and a construction area of 70,000 square meters. The temple
has become a shopping centre of both dining and touring
in the downtown area.
Old Chenghuang
Temple is a historical and cultural site under municipal
protection and has been officially recommended as the tourist
shopping centre.
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