Qinci Yangdian (Imperially Bestowed Temple)钦赐仰殿

Type

Temples and Abbeys (Gongguan)

Location

China · Shanghai · Shanghai · No. 476 Yuanshen Road, Pudong New Area.

Coordinates

31.232, 121.54 Map ↗

School

Zhengyi (Orthodox Unity) Daoism

First built

Three Kingdoms Wu (tradition); alternatively the Tang dynasty · Traditionally the site of a Dongyue Xinggong; rebuilt in the thirty-fifth year of the Qianlong era of the Qing (1770) with an imperially bestowed plaque; restored in the 1980s; the largest Daoist temple in Pudong.

Heritage status

Shanghai Municipal Cultural Heritage Site

Overview

Qinci Yangdian, popularly known as the Dongyue Xinggong (Traveling Palace of the Eastern Peak), is the largest Daoist temple in the Pudong area. Tradition dates its founding to the Wu kingdom of the Three Kingdoms period, though another account places it in the Qianfu era of the Tang; it takes the name Dongyue Xinggong from its dedication to the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak. It was rebuilt in the thirty-fifth year of the Qianlong era of the Qing (1770), and is said to have received an imperially bestowed plaque, from which comes the name 'Qinci Yangdian' ('Hall of Imperially Bestowed Veneration') — though several other accounts of the origin of this name also exist. The temple's incense and worship flourished greatly in the late Qing and early Republican period, and it served as the center of the cult of the Eastern Peak and folk customs such as 'sending off Taisui' for the people of Pudong. Restored and reopened in the 1980s, it now comprises a mountain gate, the Lingguan Hall, the main Dongyue hall, the Three Pure Ones Hall, and side halls; it belongs to the Zhengyi order under the Shanghai Taoist Association, and is also the seat of the Pudong New Area Taoist Association.

Highlights

• The main Dongyue hall
• The Three Pure Ones Hall
• The Daoist center of Pudong