仓颉墓与庙, Historical cemetery and temple in Baishui County, China

The Cangjie Tomb and Temple stands in Yangwu Village, Shiguan Town, Baishui County, Weinan, Shaanxi. The walled compound faces south, with the temple in front and the tomb behind: on the central axis a screen wall, gate, offering hall, main hall, rear hall and tomb garden, flanked by a theatre stage, side rooms and bell and drum towers. The main hall has five bays across and three deep under a flush gable roof; the rear hall, also five bays wide, shows Yuan-dynasty style.

The founding date is unknown; tradition holds that a tomb mound already existed in the Han dynasty. The tomb and temple were repaired in the Song dynasty and again several times under the Ming and Qing. The compound faces south with the temple in front and the tomb behind, and its rear sleeping hall carries Yuan-style architecture. It was listed as a Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level in 2001.

The compound honours Cangjie, the legendary figure credited with devising Chinese characters, and its layout carries that story: the stele wall, gate, offering hall, main hall, rear hall and tomb follow one south-facing axis, with a theatre stage, side rooms and bell and drum towers flanking it. The rear hall, five bays wide, is the main structure and shows Yuan-dynasty building style.

The compound lies at Yangwu Village, Shiguan Town, in Baishui County, Weinan, Shaanxi. The buildings stand on a north–south axis with the temple in front and the tomb behind, so a visitor walks straight from the screen wall through the gate and halls to the burial ground, with the side buildings off the axis.

The compound faces south with the temple in front and the tomb behind, and the sleeping hall at its heart is singled out for its Yuan-dynasty architectural style, older than most of the surrounding repairs from the Ming and Qing eras. The main hall measures five bays wide and three deep under a hard-mountain roof.