Military memorial archway in Jinzhong

Military memorial archway in Jinzhong

Commonly known as stone archway, it is located at the north end of Zhonghe street, Chengguan Town, Heshun county. Bingxian memorial archway was set up by Liu Hongguang, the censor of Shanxi Province, in the last years of the Ming Dynasty. In 1631 ad, it was set up for his teacher and assistant envoy of Shandong Province. Bingxian memorial archway is made of 88 pieces of grey blue stone, with four columns and three floors, and is exquisitely carved. The main archway is 9.57 meters high and 8.5 meters wide. It is an imitation wood structure with double eaves and a hilltop building. The two pillars in the middle are 5.9 meters high, and the two pillars on both sides are 4.6 meters high. There are two pillars and two battle stones at the front and back of each pillar. There is a big lion and a pair of little lions carved on each of the battle stones. There are 24 lions, big and small. On both sides of the stone pillars, lotus and peony patterns are carved, and a ring-shaped pattern of unicorn is carved between the stone pillars.

Address: 032700, Chengguan Town, Heshun County, Shanxi Province

Longitude: 113.56397792733

Latitude: 37.323636014078