The Shengmu Temple in Xia County is a rare ancient building that blends elements from the Yuan and Ming dynasties

The main hall of the Shengmu Temple is three bays wide and four trusses deep, with a single-eave hipped roof. The central columns are octagonal with rolled-up column heads, and the dougong (bracket sets) are of a four-outspread-layer single-lower-protruding style, with grasshopper-shaped rafter tails. The central bay features an additional set of intercolumnar dougong at a 45° angle, while the side bays lack this feature. The rear of the front eave columns supports an oblique arch that carries the hanging lotus columns. Between the four trusses and the flat beams, camel hump supports are installed, with ridge gourd columns and double-forked hands on top of the flat beams. The roof uses hexagonal rafters, and the rear part of the four trusses inside the hall is supported by standing columns. The rear wall retains traces of clay sculpture niches, and the two gable walls inside preserve suspended sculptures of aerial pavilions. The front eave arch wall is painted with dragon patterns on the front and figures in landscapes on the back. The Xiangting, also known as the offering hall, consists of a one-bay hipped roof annex in the front and a three-bay, five-truss deep single-eave hipped roof main pavilion in the back, which is a Ming dynasty structure. The dougong of the pavilion is divided into five types according to function and location: the main pavilion eave dougong, the annex eave dougong, the intercolumnar dougong, the caisson dougong, and the inverted dougong on top of the central hanging lotus column. The external eave dougong is a three-step single-protruding style, and the caisson dougong is composed of the dougong arranged in an octagonal pattern on the five beams above and the dougong at the column head of the central hanging lotus column. The main pavilion's framework consists of five sets of four trusses, while the annex has a hipped roof structure with mountain flowers facing forward. The roof of the offering hall is covered with tube tiles, with green glazed hook heads, drip edges; glazed ridge beasts, wind boards, and elephant eyes. The ridge finial is made up of three layers of imitation wooden pavilions. The main pattern of the annex's central ridge tube is composed of peonies, auspicious phoenixes, and children, while the remaining ridge beasts are consistent with the main pavilion.