Guide Ancient Architectural Complex of Ming and Qing Dynasties

Guide, situated in the Yellow River Valley, with Longyang Gorge in its upper part
and Songba Gorge in its lower part, is ringed with mountains with spacious land and fertile soil, and it is regarded as 'a miniature of Jiangnan'. In recent years tourists from home and abroad, who are attracted by crystal water of the Yellow River in Guide, are surprised by a site with well preserved ancient buildings of Ming and Qing Dynasties.     

The building, covering an area of 61arces, with the building area of 4915 kilometers, is a range of unique and dedicate ancient temples incorporating Taoism, Confucius and Buddhism, abandoning sectarian bias but depending on each other for existence. The whole building is in the form of symmetry along its axis and the single building mainly draws from the ways of Gansu and Qinghai, which are of historical relic value and architectural value for their magnificence and rare layouts.

The Confucian temples consist of 12 single buildings like Lingxing door, Banchi, Temples of famous officials, seventy-two temples and Dacheng hall which is the place for enshrining the wise philosopher Confucius of Chinese nation and also a place for scholars sacrificing Confucius and getting together. Besides Yuhuang pavilion and Confucian temples, the ancient building ranges of Guide County also include Guanyue temple which enshrines the gods of Guanyu, Yuefei and Mazu, Han-styled architectures, the large Tibetan Buddhism Temple and Chenghuang Temple which remains 20-square-kilometer mural paintings of Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty.