Where is Neiqiu Niuwang Temple located?

Neiqiu Niuwang Temple is a cultural tourist attraction.

The Niuwang Temple is located on a mound south of Wangjiotai Village, 13 kilometers west of Neiqiu City. It is an existing Qing Dynasty building. In the middle of the main hall, three gods (also known as the Three Saints among the people) including the Ox King, the Five Daos, and the Earth are enshrined. The Ox King is in the middle, the Five Daos are on the left, and the Earth is on the right. Below the Three Saints are the two assistants of Lord Niu. On the left is Dr. Zhao, a full-time veterinarian who specializes in treating cattle, horses and other livestock diseases, and on the right is Xiao Zhang, a shepherd boy who specializes in herding and training cattle. According to local people, the Niu King was originally a Taoist priest. Because he valued this Feng Shui treasure land, he practiced here for a long time. He was especially affectionate and caring for cattle and horses and other livestock. People often asked him to treat livestock diseases. In the local area Enjoying high prestige, he was regarded as the Ox King after his death, and a temple was built here to offer sacrifices.

There is an ancient opera building on the right front of the Niu King Temple, which was used by people to perform operas during the temple fair in order to thank the Niu King for his great kindness. According to someone of Wangjiotai Murakami's age, there used to be three small temples opposite the theater, which were dedicated to the "King of the Moving Ox". Speaking of this theater, it is a local treasure. There is a popular saying among the people: "From Nanjing to Beijing, there is only a theater here with a light booth." Its preciousness lies in the fact that the stage and the light booth are closely connected. Together they form a theater building. If a wall is built around the studio, it will be no different from a complete modern theater. It can be said that it is the predecessor of modern theater. The entire building is a brick and wood structure, consisting of a stage and a lighting booth. The stage is divided into a front stage, a back stage and a ticket hole at the bottom of the stage. There are walls on three sides of the backstage, and there is a round hole above the front wall, which has the function of ventilation, exhaust and lighting. There are two pillars in the middle of the stage, which can be used to draw curtains and separate the stage into front and backstage. The front desk is open on three sides, three times larger than the back desk, and has a "convex" shape. There are four white marble pillars at the entrance of the stage, lined up in a row, and the two in the middle are widely spaced as the front of the performance. There is a north-south arch at the bottom of the platform, which is made of bluestone and gray bricks. There is a door at the south end for entry and exit, and an opening on the ground at the north end. It is usually covered with stone slabs and left open for drainage in the rainy season. The coupon hole not only serves as a drainage tunnel, but also has multiple functions such as on-stage dubbing, off-stage silencer, ventilation and cooling, etc. It is both a loudspeaker and an air conditioner. The preservation of the Niuwang Temple and the theater has a lot to do with this cave, because the Niuwang Temple and the theater are built on the mounds. If water comes from all directions of the mounds, then after hundreds of years of erosion, the mounds will have long been destroyed. It no longer exists. The key is that there is only one water outlet in the entire mound, Guandong.

The year when the Niuwang Temple was first built is unknown. According to the Wang family tree in Wangjiotai Village, the Wang family moved from Luoping County (now Xiyang County) in Shanxi Province to Neiqiu County in Zhili Province in the 11th year of Kangxi’s reign. Jiaotai Village, the third generation of Wang Bingyin, was diligent and thrifty and prospered day by day. The fourth generation Wang Tiande, as the leader of the association, renovated the Niuwang Temple. Based on this, it is inferred that the Niuwang Temple existed during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. According to the existing inscriptions, the Niuwang Temple and its theater were renovated in the Qianlong, Jiaqing, Daoguang, fifth and twenty-second years of the Republic of China. It can be seen that the Niuwang Temple was extremely popular at that time.

Scenic spot address: Wangjiotai Village, Liulin Town, Neiqiu County, Xingtai City, Hebei Province

Bus route: Take the shuttle bus bound for Liulin Town in Neiqiu County, and stop at You can get off at Wangjiotai.