The foremost ancient structure in the south of the Yangtze River

Yanfu Temple, located in Taixi Town, Wuyi County, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, was originally built in the second year of the Tiancheng era of the Tang Dynasty (927 AD) and rebuilt in the fourth year of the Yanyou era of the Yuan Dynasty (1317 AD). It is one of the only three remaining Yuan Dynasty buildings in the south of the Yangtze River. Yanfu Temple covers an area of more than 4,500 square meters, with a building area of 1,000 square meters. The existing architectural complex is arranged along the central axis, consisting of a three-bay mountain gate as the first entrance, a three-bay Hall of Heavenly Kings as the second entrance with a single-wall hip-and-gable structure. The third entrance is the five-bay Mahavira Hall with a double-eave hipped-gable roof, in front of which there is a longevity pool. The fourth entrance is the seven-bay Guanyin Hall, with the central three bays as the main body, flanked by two-story wings on each side, and east and west wing rooms. There is a stone well on each side in front of the hall. The main hall of Yanfu Temple has completely preserved the style and structural features of the Yuan Dynasty's wooden bracket architectural art, providing a good example for studying the transitional development of architecture from the Song to the Ming Dynasty.