Guanyin Hall of Changzhi

Guanyin Hall stands on the western outskirts of Luzhou district in Changzhi, east of Liangjiazhuang village in Daxinzhuang subdistrict. It was founded in 1582, the tenth year of the Wanli era of the Ming, and repaired in the Qing. The precinct is entered from the west and runs back east in two courtyards, 7,400 square metres in all, with the Tianwang Hall, an offering pavilion and the Guanyin Hall on the axis. Its main hall keeps more than five hundred Ming figures in high relief and in the round, painted and gilded, and its roof is laid in yellow and green glazed tiles. It was listed at national level on 25 June 2001.