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Temple of General Yue Fei Description

(Local Name: Yue Miao) This temple at the northern end of the Sudi Causeway on West Lake was built in 1221 in honor of General Yue Fei (1103-42). Although the General had successfully repelled several Tartar raids the emperor and chancellor accused him of high treason and sentenced him to death. He was hanged together with his son Yue Yun. After his rehabilitation in 1163 two tombs were built to the west of where the temple now stands, and the bodies were reentered there. A statue of the General stands in the temple hall, the ceiling of which is decorated with cranes, a symbol of immortality. The temple also contains 86 stone plaques on which the Song Emperor Gaozong (1107-87) and his wife engraved classical

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