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The Five Dragons Temple () is a Taoist temple in Ruicheng, Shanxi Province,
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. It is also known as King Guangren's Temple (广仁王庙). The temple contains China's second oldest dated timber building, the Main Hall. It was built in 833 and is of the Tang Dynasty. It measures five bays across and has a hip-gable roof.Steinhardt (1997), 70.


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*Steinhardt, Nancy Shatzman. ''Liao Architecture''. Honolulu: University of Hawaii, 1997. Taoist temples in China Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Shanxi Timber framed buildings in China Tang dynasty architecture 9th-century establishments in China Yuncheng Religious buildings and structures completed in 833 {{tao-stub