Fulong Temple, Dujiangyan都江堰伏龙观
- Type
- Temples and Abbeys (Gongguan)
- Location
- China · Sichuan · Dujiangyan, Chengdu · Atop the Litui hillock, Dujiangyan
- Coordinates
- 30.999, 103.607 Map ↗
- School
- Quanzhen (Complete Perfection) Daoism
- First built
- Jin dynasty (Fan Xian Hall) · Tradition holds that Li Bing subdued an evil dragon beneath the Litui hillock; renamed the Fulong Temple in the Northern Song; rebuilt during the Tongzhi era of the Qing; the hall preserves an Eastern Han stone statue of Li Bing
- Heritage status
- Dujiangyan — Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level (1982)Component of a UNESCO World Heritage Site (2000)
Overview
The Fulong Temple (Temple of the Subdued Dragon) stands atop the Litui hillock at Dujiangyan; tradition holds that when Li Bing controlled the floods he subdued an evil dragon and chained it in the Fulong Pool beneath the Litui hillock, giving the temple its name. In the Jin dynasty it was built as the Fanxian Hall in memory of the Mount Qingcheng priest Fan Changsheng; in the Northern Song it was rededicated to Li Bing and renamed the Fulong Temple, and the surviving front hall and main hall date from reconstruction during the Tongzhi era of the Qing. The temple displays a stone statue of Li Bing unearthed in 1974, dating from the first year of the Jianning era of the Eastern Han (168) and 2.9 meters tall, inscribed 'the late Lord Li of Shu Commandery, named Bing' — the most important cultural relic of Dujiangyan; also on display are stone statues of dike workers and a model of the Feisha Weir. The temple overlooks the intake at the Baopingkou (Bottleneck Channel) and is the core of the Dujiangyan scenic area.
Highlights
- Eastern Han stone statue of Li Bing
- View overlooking the Baopingkou
- The Litui hillock