Sacred Places of Taoism
Temples of the Tao, sacred mountains, internal alchemy.
Taoist sacred places include temples of the Sanqing, the sacred mountains of China, and centers of internal alchemy and qigong practice.
On Adisthan, places of Taoism are catalogued with the same care given to every other tradition. Each page is community-maintained until claimed by a verified custodian. We welcome corrections, additions, and the steady hand of those who know these places best.
Featured places of Taoism
A curated selection from the directory.
TaoismCebu Taoist Temple
Cebu City · Philippines · temple
High in the Beverly Hills Subdivision of Cebu City, the Cebu Taoist Temple is a multi-tiered sanctuary built in 1972 by the city's Chinese Filipino community, its tiered roofs and Great Wall-style entrance rising above the rooftops of downtown Cebu. Open to worshippers and visitors of every background, it is one of the Philippines' best known centres of Taoist practice.
TaoismChe Kung Miu
Sha Tin · People's Republic of China · temple
A spacious Taoist Temple in Tai Wai, Sha Tin, dedicated to Che Kung, a Southern Song dynasty general revered across Hong Kong as a guardian against plague and misfortune, busiest each Lunar New Year when devotees turn its bronze pinwheels for a change of fortune.
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.
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.
TaoismTin How Temple
San Francisco · United States · temple
On Waverly Place in the heart of San Francisco's Chinatown, Tin How Temple has kept incense burning before Mazu, the Chinese goddess of the sea, since migrants of the Gold Rush era first raised it around 1852. A narrow stair climbs past a tenement's fire escapes to an altar hung with hundreds of red lantern tags, each one inscribed with a family's name and wish.
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.
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