Morning program features a visit to the Grottoes at Jindengsi Temple. When the grotto Art in China gradually began to dwindle in the Yuan Dynasty and almost ceased to develop in the Ming Times, the carvings of the Jindeng Temple Grottoes become naturally prominent in the history of Chinese grotto art. Many statues in the Jindeng Temple Grottoes had been severely damaged, some might not have artistic value, the geographical location of the temple, the sculptures on the outer walls of the grottoes, the structure of cave no. 5 and the various and rich content of the carved pictures and the single sitting statues of Buddha in those minor caves displayed high artistic value and great humane connotation that worthy of further study.

Visit Dayunyuan Temple, one among the five preserved wooden architectures which were built in Five Dynasties. Continue to visit Longmen Temple. It was built in the Northern Qi Dynasty. Combined with architectures of Tang, Song, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing together, the existing buildings can be described as a wealth natural scenery and cultural landscape with high value of study.

Drive from Changzhi to Jincheng. Visit Zhenze Er Xian Gong andKaihua Temple on the way. Originally built in the Tang Dynasty, the Kaihua Temple is located in the mountainside of Sheli Mountain, 17 kilometers southeast of Gaoping City. It comprises of Drum Tower, Grand Hall and Yanfa Hall. In the Grand Hall, the exquisite frescoes painted in the North Song Dynasty are of great value.

Visit the Yuhuang Temple in the afternoon. Yuhuang Temple, also called Yuhuang Palace in the past, is the largest and the most influential Taoist temple in old Zezhou. A great numbers of statues from the Song, Jin, Yuan, Ming (1368-1644), Qing Dynasties are kept at the temple. There are vivid painted sculptures, stone carvings, wood carvings, and colored glaze ware, and it is called “Treasury of carvings”. The work “The gods of the 28constellations”of the famous sculpture Liuluan from Yuan Dynasty are remarkably true to life.