Taiqing Palace, Hohhot (appendix)呼和浩特太清宫（附）
- Type
- Temples and Abbeys (Gongguan)
- Location
- China · Inner Mongolia · Hohhot · Yuquan District
- Coordinates
- 40.81, 111.66 Map ↗
- School
- Quanzhen (Complete Perfection) Daoism
- First built
- Qing Dynasty · A Quanzhen Daoist temple in Hohhot; after reconstruction, the seat of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Taoist Association
Overview
The Taiqing Palace in Hohhot is the principal Quanzhen Daoist temple in Inner Mongolia. In the Qing dynasty, temples (originally named the Lüzu Temple and others) were built in Guihua City (present-day Hohhot) alongside Shanxi merchants and migrants; the temple declined after the Republican era and was rebuilt in the 2000s, becoming the seat of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Taoist Association. Historically, Daoism in Inner Mongolia has centered on the Guandi temples, Lüzu temples and City God temples of towns such as Hohhot and Baotou; the relationship between Genghis Khan and Qiu Chuji in the Yuan dynasty (their meeting in Central Asia in 1222) is an important chapter in the Daoist history of the Mongol-Yuan period. This entry serves as an appendix on Daoism in Inner Mongolia.
Highlights
- Inner Mongolia Taoist Association
- Quanzhen temple