Zhenqing Temple, Kunming昆明真庆观
- Type
- Temples and Abbeys (Gongguan)
- Location
- China · Yunnan · Kunming · Intersection of Baita Road and Tuodong Road, Panlong District
- Coordinates
- 25.04, 102.73 Map ↗
- School
- Quanzhen (Complete Perfection) Daoism
- First built
- Yuan dynasty (Zhenwu Shrine) · Expanded by the priest Liu Yuanran during the Yongle reign of the Ming; granted the name Zhenqing Temple in the fourth year of Xuande (1429); surviving Ming and Qing buildings; the largest Daoist temple in Kunming
- Heritage status
- Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level (2006)
Overview
The Zhenqing Temple is the largest and oldest surviving Daoist temple in Kunming. In the Yuan dynasty it was a Zhenwu shrine; in the early Ming, the eminent priest Liu Yuanran (a transmitter of the Jingming Daoism lineage and one of the patriarchs of the Longmen Lineage), while exiled to Yunnan, expanded it, and in the fourth year of the Xuande reign of the Ming (1429) it was granted the name Zhenqing Temple. Surviving structures include the Ziwei Hall (Ming dynasty), the Duleifu Hall, the Hall of Laojun, the Fire God Hall, and a Ming-dynasty wooden memorial archway before the Ziwei Hall; the Ziwei Hall is a major Ming-dynasty timber-frame structure with fine wood carving and painted decoration, while the Duleifu Hall is a Qing-dynasty building. To the east, the temple adjoins the "Yanlong Shrine," a Qing-dynasty guild hall of salt merchants. The Zhenqing Temple was designated a Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level in 2006, and after restoration in the 2000s became the seat of the Yunnan Provincial Taoist Association.
Highlights
- Ziwei Hall
- Duleifu Hall
- Ming-dynasty memorial archway
- Liu Yuanran