Introduction to Hua Xiaozi Temple: Hua Xiaozi Temple is located inside the ancient Huishan Temple. A special temple was built in the Tang Dynasty, with a statue of Huabao, a boy with a bun and a beard inside. The temple has been abandoned and rebuilt many times. The current building dates from the Ming Dynasty and was completed in the Qing Dynasty. It is basically intact. The temple faces east, with four archways erected in front of the door, commonly known as the roofless pavilion. It is a single room, square, with a wood and stone structure and exquisite algae decoration. It is a memorial building for the Hua clan to express loyalty, filial piety, justice and family status. It was built in the 13th year of Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty ( 1748). On the top of the veranda, there is a bamboo-leaf, agate and pantuo stone. Across the Chengze Pond with a traceability bridge, there is an octagonal stone turtle pond to the west. The north and south walls of the pond are decorated with stone oyster heads, and two springs are spitted out, so it is also called Shuanglong Pond. The main building in the west of the pool is the Xiangtang. It was built in the 21st year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty (1485) and renovated in the 27th year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1762). It still maintains the style of the Ming Dynasty; it has three bays and eight shelves, a top of the mountain, and a nanmu structure, but with square columns. Both the base and the pillar base are made of stone, and the decoration is simple and elegant. There are 35 inscriptions from Ming and Qing Dynasties embedded in its inner wall, most of which were copied in 1984.

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