Jintai Temple

At the end of the Southern Song dynasty, following the defeat of the Song army at the Battle of Yamen, Zhao Shizong, a Vice Minister of Imperial Clerks, along with Gong Xingqing, the Deputy of the Dali Temple, and Deng Guangjian, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, established the temple here to escape the pursuing Yuan troops. In 1772, during the Qianlong era of the Qing dynasty, the temple underwent significant expansion, to over 3000 square meters.^[1][2]

After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, various political campaigns and hydraulic projects caused significant damage to Jintai Temple. During the Great Leap Forward in 1958, the main temple buildings were demolished.^[3] In 1992, Jintai Temple was rebuilt at a site on the southern foothills of Huangyang Mountain, as the original site was submerged and inaccessible.^[1][2][4]