Jade Emperor Temple

Contact number: 0359-2022380

Best travel period: Summer is the best season for sightseeing in Shanxi Province.

Complaint hotline: 0359-2085615

Transportation is quite convenient. The Tongpu and Houxi trunk railways form the main traffic arteries of the region, together with a branch railway from Liyuan to Gudui. Highways radiate outward centering on Yuncheng City. Major highways include Taiyuan-Maojindu, Jincheng-Yumenkou, Linyi-Daning and Yuncheng-Fenglingdu. Branch highways run between Wenxi and Yongji, Fenglingdu and Pinglu. The expressways linking Yuncheng with Sanmenxia and Fenglingdu have been open to traffic, while the Datong-Yuncheng Expressway is still under construction.

Trains depart from Yuncheng for Beijing, Xi’an, Tianjin, Chengdu, Taiyuan, Shijiazhuang, Datong, Linfen and other cities.

National Highway 209 passes through Yuncheng, leading to Sanmenxia City in Henan Province and Huayin City in Shaanxi Province. Long-distance buses bound for Wutai Mountain leave Taiyuan Coach Station every 37 minutes. If you travel to Wutai Mountain from Shanghai, Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuxi, Xuzhou, Jinan, Shijiazhuang, Xi’an or Zhengzhou, you may first take an express train to Taiyuan, then catch a direct long-distance bus from Wuyi Square in Taiyuan to Wutai Mountain.

There are direct flights to Taiyuan from major cities including Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Xi’an. After arriving in Taiyuan, tourists can take long-distance buses from Wuyi Square to Wutai Mountain.

Since neither trains nor planes can reach Wutai Mountain directly, road passenger transport plays a vital role. Visitors can get off at Shahe, Fanshi, Dai County or Yuanping along the Beijing-Yuanping Railway and transfer to buses heading for Wutai Mountain. Buses to Wutai Mountain are also available at Ningwu and Yuanping on the North Tongpu Railway between Datong and Taiyuan. Xinzhou runs numerous long-distance buses to Wutai Mountain every day. Direct long-distance coaches run from Fuping in Hebei Province to Taihuai Town of Wutai Mountain, and daily shuttle buses travel between Taihuai Town and Taiyuan.

The peak tourist season falls during the Wutai Mountain June Fair (from the first day of the sixth lunar month to the tenth day of the seventh lunar month). Extra tourist buses are launched from nearby towns such as Dongye, Yangquan, Fuping, Fanshi, Yuanping and Shahe.

The temple is located 13 kilometres southeast of Jincheng City and is famous for its superb Taoist painted clay sculptures. First built in the Sui Dynasty, it was reconstructed in the Yuan Dynasty. Covering an area of 4,000 square metres, the complex contains more than 100 halls, towers and pavilions. The main hall is the Haotian Jade Emperor Hall, enshrining the statue of the Jade Emperor. There are more than 50 statues of varying sizes inside the hall. Among them, numerous painted sculptures of palace maidens feature simple shapes and delicate faces, ranking as fine treasures of the Song and Jin dynasties.