Get to know Ruicheng County
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- Administrative area
- County · 县
- Part of
- Yuncheng
- Chinese name
- 芮城县
- Local areas
- County guide
Area & population
- Population · 2020
- 342,889
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
Yongle Palace and its murals
Yongle Palace was built between 1247 and 1358. Originally at Yongle Town (永乐镇), it was relocated between 1959 and 1965 because its site fell within the planned Sanmenxia Reservoir (三门峡水库) inundation area. Four Yuan timber buildings stand along its central axis. The murals in Sanqing Hall (三清殿), completed in 1325, depict a great assembly of Taoist deities.
An earlier timber hall
Guangrenwang Temple stands northwest of Yongle Palace. Dating to 831, its main hall is five bays wide and three bays deep. There are no interior columns: the exposed roof framing and large brackets reveal the building’s structural arrangement.
Sources for this guide
芮城县情-芮城县人民政府门户网站 · Ruicheng County Government
永乐宫(国家AAAA级旅游景区)-运城市人民政府门户网站 · Yuncheng Municipal Government
山西·运城“巧夺天工 古建艺游” · Ministry of Culture and Tourism
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 Ruicheng County
The Tang-dynasty main hall of Guangrenwang Temple (Five Dragon Temple) in Ruicheng County, Shanxi · 芮城广仁王庙（五龙庙）唐代正殿 Source-recorded photograph date: 2010-08-21.Guangrenwang Temple广仁王庙
Guangrenwang Temple stands near Longquan Village north of Ruicheng, close to the present Yongle Palace.
Read the place guide →Wuji Hall at Yongle Palace · 永乐宫 Photograph date recorded by the source: 2024-04-01.Yongle Palace永乐宫
Yongle Palace preserves an exceptional sequence of Yuan-period Daoist murals in halls relocated during the twentieth century to protect them from the Sanmenxia reservoir project. The Sanqing Hall's Chaoyuan painting presents a…
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Getting there
Ruicheng County is about 50 km in a straight line from central Yuncheng. Search for 芮城县 in a map app to find stations and your accommodation.
Where to stay →Build your route
Guangrenwang Temple and Yongle Palace are both listed here. 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: Guangrenwang Temple · Zeus1234 · CC BY 3.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.
Photo: Yongle Palace · Patrick20242023 · CC BY-SA 4.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.
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