The rebuilding of China's largest imperial town-god temple, the Rehe Town-God Temple, was recently started and the rebuilding work is scheduled to be completed by next May.

Located near the famous Chengde Summer Resort in north China's Hebei Province, the Rehe Town-God Temple was built in 1772 and is now one of the cultural relics under top provincial protection.

Occupying a land area of 3,500 square meters with a constructed floor space of 2,600 square meters, the temple is regarded as a typical courtyard group architecture with traditional styles and features of the Han people, the dominating nationality in China.

According to experts, the temple is not only the largest of its kind, but also the best preserved among the some 130 ancient temples in Chengde, one of the most famous tourism attractions in north China.
(People's Daily 11/15/2000)