Introduction to Sanjie Temple: Sanjie Temple is located at the central intersection of Xinxu, Jintian Town, 35 kilometers north of Guiping City. It was the headquarters of the Taiping Army before the Uprising and the frontline command post of the Taiping Army after the Jintian Uprising broke out. One of the important commemorative sites of the uprising.
The Sanjie Temple was built before the 18th year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1661 AD) and rebuilt twice in the 9th year of Jiaqing (1804) and the 12th year of Daoguang (1832). Today, this courtyard-style group building occupies a total area of The land is 617.6 square meters, and the plane is composed of seven units including the main axis of the mountain gate, the middle hall, and the apse.
Hong Xiuquan commanded the famous Xinwei Breakout Battle here. The current temple still preserves the five military regulations issued by Hong Xiuquan at that time, embedded with official notices and regulations from the Kangxi reign to the Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty, and the "Reconstruction Announcement" There are 26 inscriptions on the tablets, including the "Inscription on the Sanjie Temple in Lixinwei" and the "Inscription on the Anliang Covenant". The inscriptions reflect the local social, economic and class conditions on the eve of the Jintian Uprising. They are useful for studying the history of the Sanjie Temple and the social, economic and class conditions of the Jintian area in the early days of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Valuable information.

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