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Baokui Temple (Exhibition Hall of Ningbo-Korea Exchange History). In 1117, Lou Yi, magistrate of Mingzhou (now Ningbo) established the Korean embassy in accordance with Emperor Huizhong's edict. The embassy was located at the Chrysanthemum Islet of the Moon Lake. It was later abolished. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Shi Hao, the first Ningbo-born Prime Minister in history, built Shoule Mansion on the former site of Korean Embassy on the Chrysanthemum Islet, and he later constructed the Baokuijingshe (Chengkuige) behind the building. Later, an Earth Temple was built on the site, which is known as Baokui Temple. In 1999, a part of traditional architectures in Baokui Temple and Baokuiguli were zoned the Exhibition Hall of Ningbo-Korea Exchange History.