Xīnlè

Xinle lies on the North China Plain, north of the Hutuo River. At Fuxi Terrace, a temple honours Fuxi, the legendary ancestral ruler associated with the origins of Chinese civilisation. The site preserves traces of settlement from the Shang, Zhou, and Han periods, while the sanctuary was repaired and enlarged over successive dynasties. Its worship connected the local landscape with stories of the most distant beginnings of human society.