The Temple of the God of Grain at Jishan
A temple to Houji on the main street of Jishan's county town, read through the three temples that share the name and the farming basin around them.
Jiwang Temple
The name Jiwang Temple belongs to more than one building in Shanxi: it is the name given to temples where Houji, the lord of millet, is honoured. The one at Jishan stands on West Street inside the county town; another, in Wanrong county, is at Taizhao village in Nanzhang township; and a related temple, the Jiyi Temple, stands at Yangwang in Xinjiang county. The Jishan temple is the subject here, in a county whose own name carries the same character for millet. What the record gives is a dedication and an address rather than a building history, and this piece keeps to that.