Jiangjunmiao (Chinese: 将军庙, pinyin: Jiàngjūnmiào) is a ruin and fossil site in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China.
[5] Temperatures in the area can reach 120 °F (49 °C) in the summer months as westward winds blow hot air in from the Gobi Desert.
[1] Jiangjunmiao was originally established as a temple memorializing Yang Xigu (楊襲古), a Tang dynasty general who led an army against Turkic nomads in defence of the Silk Road and served as the chief imperial censor (御史大夫, yushidafu) of the Beiting Protectorate around 789.
[6] According to legend, the army was successful in securing the area but while returning eastward all of the soldiers died of dehydration passing through the desert; Yangxigu and his men were buried where they were found, and Jiangjunmiao ("General Temple") was established at the burial site.
[2] The holotype specimens of Monolophosaurus and Sinraptor were discovered in the vicinity by researchers from the China-Canada Dinosaur Project.