Sanyuan Palace, Guangzhou广州三元宫
- Type
- Temples and Abbeys (Gongguan)
- Location
- China · Guangdong · Guangzhou · 11 Yingyuan Road, Yuexiu District, on the southern side of Yuexiu Hill
- Coordinates
- 23.139, 113.266 Map ↗
- School
- Quanzhen (Complete Perfection) Daoism, Longmen (Dragon Gate) Lineage of Quanzhen
- First built
- 319, the 2nd year of the Daxing era, Eastern Jin · Yuegang Cloister built by Bao Jing, Governor of Nanhai; his daughter Bao Gu practiced medicine here; called Wuxing Temple in the Tang; renamed Sanyuan Palace during the Wanli era of the Ming; presided over by the Longmen Lineage since the Kangxi era of the Qing
- Heritage status
- Guangzhou Municipal Cultural Heritage SiteNational Key Daoist Temple (1983)
Overview
Sanyuan Palace is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in Guangzhou; tradition holds that Bao Jing, Governor of Nanhai, built Yuegang Cloister here in the second year of the Daxing era of the Eastern Jin (319); his daughter Bao Gu (wife of Ge Hong, skilled in moxibustion) is said to have cultivated the Dao and practiced medicine here, and later generations built the Bao Gu Hall in her honor. It was called Wuxing Temple in the Tang; it was rebuilt and renamed Sanyuan Palace during the Wanli era of the Ming, dedicated to the Three Officials (Sanguan Dadi); in the Kangxi era of the Qing, Du Yangdong of the Longmen Lineage of Quanzhen came to serve as abbot, and it became a public monastery of Quanzhen Daoism in Lingnan. The palace is built along the contours of Yuexiu Hill, with a mountain gate, Lingguan Hall, Sanyuan Hall, Laojun Hall, Lüzu Hall, Bao Gu Hall, and the ancient Coiling Dragon Well (Bao Gu Well); it was restored and reopened in the 1980s and is the seat of the Guangzhou Taoist Association.
Highlights
- Sanyuan Hall
- Bao Gu Hall
- Bao Gu Well
- Yuexiu Hill