Pop into this tiny edifice to pray for fabulous riches or to check out the marvellous Ming mural, uncovered in 2012. It depicts an ancient bank (票号, piàohào); if you look closely you'll also see five foreigners and a qílín (麒麟; a mythical Chinese animal) in the lower left-hand corner, on their way to China to do business.
God of Wealth Temple
Hebei
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