Mengjiangnu Temple is situated o­n the Phoenix Mountain about 6 km east of the Shanhai Guan city, and it is also called the Vestal Virgin Temple. It is said that it was began to be built before Song Dynasty. The story of Mengjiangnu is o­ne of the four greatest legends of China, the later generations admire the loyalty of Mengjiangnu, and respect her faithfulness and staunchness, so they built this temple in commemoration of her story. 
 

The existing temple is the embodiment of the architectural style of Ming Dynasty. In front of the temple, they built 108 steps of pedestrian flagstones conforming to the terrain the mountain, symbolizing the hardships and obstacles o­n the way of Mengjiangnu’s journey to look for her husband. When you ascend step by step to the mountain gate with the stele “Zhen Nv Ci” hung upon, coming to the front hall through the gate, you will see the famous couplet renowned throughout the country hung o­n the columns, the first line reads “Hai shui chao zhao zhao chao zhao chao zhao luo”, and the second line reads “Fu yun zhang chang chang zhang chang zhang chang xiao”. There are many ways of parsing in reading this couplet. Weighing every word carefully, you will find it is full of humor and wit.