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Shuiyan Temple
Shuiyan Temple, located on Baofeng Terrace in Jieshi Mountain Scenic Area, is also known as "Baofeng Temple". To the north is Xiantaiding, the main peak of Jieshi Mountain; to the east is a mountain with an altitude of 241 meters, which is tall and steep, with strange rocks standing tall, resembling an incense burner, named "Xiangshan"; to the west is a slope leading to the western cliff of Xiantaiding, with a mountain top like a crown, named "Shamao Mountain". Between Baofeng Terrace and Xiangshan, there is a stream flowing from Longtan Cave on the high cliff of Xiantaiding in the east. The area is surrounded by mountains and water, and the scenery is extremely elegant and beautiful.
Hengshui Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Museum
Hengshui Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Museum is a privately-owned painting and calligraphy museum founded by Mr. Liu Xingang, a famous Chinese painting and calligraphy collector and connoisseur. It is located in Baoyun Wetland Park, Hengshui City, Hebei Province, covering an area of 3.73 acres and a total construction area of 6,696 square meters. It currently houses more than 5,600 ancient (Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing), modern and contemporary paintings and calligraphy works, including more than 3,000 masterpieces from past dynasties. The museum will officially open on November 29, 2012.
Hengshui Baoyun Temple Scenic Area
Baoyun Temple is located in the southwest of Hengshui City. The stele records that it was built in the Sui Dynasty, but in fact, there was a temple here as early as the Southern and Northern Dynasties. According to legend, during its heyday, "the temple area covered 30 acres, there were nearly 100 halls, the bells of the Qiaolou tower were so loud that it could be heard from thousands of miles away, and there were pilgrims all year round." The Baoyun Tower is a brick and wood structure, 35 meters high, and the circumference of the base is 25.6 meters. There is an arched Buddha niche on the south side of the first floor, in which there was originally a stone carved lotus Buddha. There is also a gourd-shaped pagoda on the top of the tower.