Lúshì

Lushi stands in a mountain valley on the Luo River in western Henan. Its City God Temple, first built near the end of the Yuan, was repeatedly damaged and restored. Warfare struck it in the Xuande reign; rebuilding followed in 1464–1466, and another fire in 1550 brought a further reconstruction. Under the Qing its gates and halls received glazed tiles and colourful roof ornaments. Across the river, ferries carried people between the town and the southern bank.