Sacred Places
9 places found
TaoismChe Kung Miu
· People's Republic of China · temple
A temple in Tai Wai, Sha Tin, Hong Kong, dedicated to Che Kung — a Southern Song dynasty general honoured as a protective deity in Chinese folk religion.
TaoismGrand Temple of Mount Heng
· People's Republic of China · temple
The Grand Temple of Mount Heng (Nanyue Damiao) stands at the foot of Mount Heng in Hunan, China, the largest temple complex on this sacred southern mountain and a long-standing centre of Taoist, Buddhist, and Confucian devotion.
TaoismLouguantai
· People's Republic of China · temple
A Taoist temple in Tayu village in Zhouzhi county of Shaanxi province, China, traditionally honoured as the very place where Laozi composed the Tao Te Ching.
TaoismTai Wong Temple, Cheung Shing Street
· People's Republic of China · temple
A historic Chinese folk temple on Cheung Shing Street in Yuen Long Kau Hui, Hong Kong, dedicated to the Tai Wong, the protective city god of the old market district.
TaoismWhite Cloud Temple
· People's Republic of China · temple
An ancient Quanzhen Taoist temple and monastery in Beijing, known as 'The First Temple under Heaven' and now the seat of the Chinese Taoist Association.
TaoismWong Tai Sin Temple
· People's Republic of China · temple
A name shared by several Taoist temples in Hong Kong, Guangzhou, and Markham — each dedicated to the deity Wong Tai Sin and the practice of healing and divination.
TaoismXuankong Temple
· People's Republic of China · temple
A 1,500-year-old Chinese temple suspended on the face of a Shanxi cliff, uniting Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucian devotion within a single precipitous sanctuary.
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.