Yuhuang Pavilion, Yinchuan (appendix)银川玉皇阁（附）

Type

Temples and Abbeys (Gongguan)

Location

China · Ningxia · Yinchuan · Junction of East Jiefang Street and North Yuhuangge Street, Xingqing District

Coordinates

38.472, 106.276 Map ↗

First built

Ming dynasty (according to one account, first built during the Hongwu era of the Ming) · Rebuilt in the Qianlong reign of the Qing; a landmark historic building of Yinchuan, now a museum

Heritage status

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Cultural Heritage Site

Overview

The Yuhuang Pavilion, Yinchuan, is a Ming-dynasty raised terrace-pavilion dedicated to the Jade Emperor, rebuilt after the magnitude-eight Pingluo–Yinchuan earthquake of the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month of the third year of the Qianlong reign of the Qing (3 January 1739). The terrace stands about eight metres high and carries a two-storey hip-and-gable pavilion flanked by bell and drum kiosks; it is one of the few surviving Ming and Qing raised-terrace buildings in urban Yinchuan and is ranked with the Drum Tower and the Chengtian Temple Pagoda as one of Yinchuan’s three great ancient buildings. The pavilion now serves as a museum exhibition space and is no longer a religious establishment. Daoism in Ningxia consists chiefly of the Guandi temples, City God temples and Yuhuang pavilions built by Han Chinese settlers in the Qing; this entry is included as an appendix.

Highlights

• Raised terrace-pavilion
• A landmark of Yinchuan