Hebei Daoist heritage: Zhengding & Baoding (appendix)河北正定与保定道教遗存（附）

Type

Temples and Abbeys (Gongguan)

Location

China · Hebei · Shijiazhuang / Baoding · Within Zhengding County town; the urban area of Baoding

Coordinates

38.14, 114.57 Map ↗

First built

— · Beyond the Confucian Temple and Chongyin Temple of Zhengding Prefecture, Hebei preserves Ming–Qing Guandi temples and Zhenwu temples; Baoding has the site of a Qing-dynasty Tianhou Palace

Heritage status

Guandi Temple, Chengde, Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level (2013)

Overview

The most important Daoist remains in Hebei are the Beiyue Temple at Quyang (Yuan dynasty), Wahuang Palace in Shexian, and the Daodejing Stele-Pillar at Longxing Temple in Yixian (Tang; see the steles entry); in addition, Zhengding, Baoding, and Chengde preserve Ming–Qing City God temples, Zhenwu temples, and Guandi temples. Temples such as Pule Temple outside the Chengde Mountain Resort belong to Tibetan Buddhism, but the Qing emperors also built a Guandi Temple in Chengde (a Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level). This entry gathers together the other Daoist remains of Hebei as an appendix.

Highlights

• The Guandi Temple, Chengde
• The Daodejing Stele-Pillar at Longxing Temple, Yixian
• The Beiyue Temple at Quyang

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