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The Northern Peak Temple is a Taoist temple located in Quyang, Hebei Province, where for centuries the emperors made sacrifices to Heng Shan, a mountain in Shanxi Province, one of the five sacred mountains of Daoism. The temple was founded in 98 BC as a shrine and took its shape between 500 and 510 AD. The temple was rebuilt twice, in 991 after its destruction by the Khitans and in 1270. A 1672 Quyang local gazetteer described its layout thus: “There are six remaining parts of buildings including a gate ...