White Cloud Temple, Lanzhou兰州白云观

Type

Temples and Abbeys (Gongguan)

Location

China · Gansu · Lanzhou · Middle Binhe Road, Chengguan District, on the southern bank of the Yellow River

Coordinates

36.062, 103.83 Map ↗

School

Quanzhen (Complete Perfection) Daoism

First built

1837, the 17th year of the Daoguang era, Qing · Built by Husongge, Governor-General of Shaanxi and Gansu, dedicated to Lü Dongbin; restored in the 1980s; seat of the Gansu Provincial Daoist Association

Heritage status

Gansu Provincial Cultural Heritage Site

Overview

The White Cloud Temple, Lanzhou, stands on the southern bank of the Yellow River. It was built in the seventeenth year of the Daoguang era of the Qing (1837) by Husongge, Governor-General of Shaanxi and Gansu, and is dedicated primarily to Lü Dongbin; because tradition holds that Patriarch Lü once manifested here, it is also called the Lüzu Temple. The temple has a mountain gate, an opera stage, a Hall of Patriarch Lü, and a Hall of the Three Pure Ones; modest in scale, it is the only surviving Qing-dynasty Daoist temple in urban Lanzhou. Restored and reopened in the 1980s, it is now the seat of the Gansu Provincial and Lanzhou Municipal Daoist Associations.

Highlights

• Hall of Patriarch Lü
• Daoist temple on the bank of the Yellow River
• Gansu Provincial Daoist Association

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