Get to know Yingze District
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- Administrative area
- District · 市辖区
- Part of
- Taiyuan
- Chinese name
- 迎泽区
- Local areas
- District guide
Area & population
- Population · 2020
- 594,238
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
Temples of the old city
Twin Pagoda Temple (双塔寺), also called Yongzuo Temple (永祚寺), pairs one temple with two towers. Chunyang Palace (纯阳宫) is a complex of Taoist buildings with a Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams courtyard (九宫八卦院). Other religious landmarks in the district include Chongshan Temple (崇善寺) and the Confucian Temple (文庙).
Parks and commercial streets
Liuxiang (柳巷) is a longstanding commercial street. Yingze Park (迎泽公园) and Wenying Park (文瀛公园) add green spaces within the district, while Beilin Park (碑林公园) combines classical garden design with the calligraphy of noted artists. Fen River Park (汾河公园) is another large urban landscape park in the district.
Sources for this guide
太原市迎泽区人民政府门户网站 · Yingze District Government
太原地方志 · Taiyuan Local Chronicles Office
太原向歌迷推荐4条旅游线路 - 山西省人民政府 · Shanxi Provincial Government
Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-26.
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Places to explore around Yingze District
The two pagodas of Yongzuo Temple, known as Twin Pagoda Temple, in Taiyuan, July 2011.Twin Pagoda Temple双塔寺
Yongzuo Temple is known for the two tapering Ming brick pagodas that rise over Taiyuan's eastern skyline. Compare their octagonal plans, repeated eaves and subtly different profiles instead of assuming they are identical twins…
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The entrance gateway of Chunyang Palace in Taiyuan; 27 August 2013.Chunyang Palace纯阳宫
Chunyang Palace is a compact Daoist compound dedicated to Lü Dongbin in the middle of Taiyuan. Five successive courtyards create a surprisingly varied interior, from a timber archway and the Lüzu Hall to the enclosed Jiugong…
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Getting there
Yingze District is about 3 km in a straight line from central Taiyuan. Search for 迎泽区 in a map app to find stations and your accommodation.
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Twin Pagoda Temple and Chunyang Palace are about 3 km apart in a straight line. The linked place guides have entrance and visit details.
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Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
Photo: Twin Pagoda Temple · Roland Longbow · CC BY-SA 3.0. Proportionally resized and converted to WebP without cropping, retouching or changing the photographed subject.
Photo: Chunyang Palace · Zhangzhugang · CC BY-SA 3.0. Proportionally resized and converted to WebP without cropping, retouching or changing the photographed subject.
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