Ming Zhengtong Daozang Collection, Baiyun Guan北京白云观藏明《正统道藏》与中国道教协会
- Type
- Museums
- Location
- China · Beijing · Xicheng District, Beijing · No. 9 Baiyun Guan Street, outside Xibianmen
- Coordinates
- 39.8989, 116.3381 Map ↗
- School
- Quanzhen (Complete Perfection) Daoism, Longmen (Dragon Gate) Lineage of Quanzhen
- First built
- Tianchang Guan, the predecessor of Baiyun Guan, was first built in the 29th year of the Kaiyuan era, Tang (741) · Headquarters of the Chinese Taoist Association; holds the 5,485-fascicle Daoist Canon of the Zhengtong Era. Listed as a Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level in the fifth national batch in 2001 (No. 5-199).
- Heritage status
- Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level, 5th group (2001)
Overview
The White Cloud Temple (Baiyun Guan) in Beijing is the ancestral seat of the Quanzhen Longmen lineage and also the headquarters of the Chinese Taoist Association; its most important holding is the 5,485-fascicle Daoist Canon of the Zhengtong Era, printed in the tenth year of the Zhengtong reign of the Ming — the Zhengtong Daozang is the most complete surviving compendium of Daoist scripture, as many historical printings have been lost over the generations, and the copy held at the White Cloud Temple served as one of the base texts for the twentieth century's work of photolithographic reproduction and scholarly organization of the Canon; the 1923–1926 photolithographic edition by the Hanfen Lou was based directly on this copy, decisively shaping the textual foundation of modern Daoist studies. The temple's predecessor, Tianchang Temple, was first built in the twenty-ninth year of the Kaiyuan era of the Tang (741); in 1229 Qiu Chuji's disciples built the Chushun Hall, and the present name, White Cloud Temple, took shape during the Yuan dynasty. The temple also holds Daoist ritual implements, images, steles and printing blocks from successive dynasties, with dedicated exhibition displays. The temple fair of the White Cloud Temple is famous for folk customs such as rubbing the stone monkey, striking the golden coin's eye, and Following the Stars; it was revived in 1987 and had been held twenty-one times by 2007. It was listed as a Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level in the fifth such national batch in 2001. See the separate entry for the parent temple, "White Cloud Temple (Baiyun Guan), Beijing."
Highlights
- The 5,485-fascicle Daoist Canon of the Zhengtong Era, printed in the tenth year of the Zhengtong reign
- Source of the base text for the Hanfen Lou's photolithographic edition
- Headquarters of the Chinese Taoist Association
- Temple fair of the White Cloud Temple