Sacred Places
6 places found
TaoismGrand Temple of Mount Heng
Hengyang · People's Republic of China · temple
The Grand Temple of Mount Heng, Nanyue Damiao, stands at the foot of the Southern Sacred Peak in Hunan as the largest sanctuary on the mountain, its nine halls holding Taoist, Buddhist, and Confucian worship side by side. The Grand Hall enshrines Zhurong, the fire god honoured here as guardian of the Southern Peak.
TaoismHanging Temple (Xuankong Si)
Hunyuan (Datong) · China · temple
A Northern Wei Temple hung on the cliff of Jinlong Gorge at Mount Heng, where Sakyamuni Buddha, Laozi and Confucius are enshrined together in one hall.
TaoismLouguantai
Zhouzhi · People's Republic of China · temple
West of Xi'an in the forested folds of the Zhongnan Mountains, Louguantai is the Taoist Temple where tradition holds that Laozi composed the Tao Te Ching after Yin Xi, keeper of the mountain pass, persuaded the departing sage to set his wisdom down in writing.
TaoismWhite Cloud Temple (Baiyun Guan)
Beijing (Xicheng) · China · temple
The ancestral court of the Quanzhen Dragon Gate lineage and headquarters of the Chinese Taoist Association, founded in 741 as Tianchang Guan and grown around the tomb of the patriarch Qiu Chuji, who counselled Genghis Khan.
TaoismXuanmiao Temple
· People's Republic of China · temple
A prominent Taoist Temple at the heart of old Suzhou, founded in the third century and still a serene presence within the city's busiest pedestrian quarter.
TaoismZhenwu Pavilion
· People's Republic of China · temple
A Ming-dynasty Taoist pavilion in Rong County, Guangxi, one of the Four Great Towers of Jiangnan and a celebrated example of timber architecture from southern China.