On the road: Chunyang Palace - also the Shanxi Ancient Architecture Museum

Chunyang Palace is right next to Taiyuan May Day Square.
[Shrine] Chunyang Palace, also known as Lu Zu Temple, was originally built to worship the Taoist "immortal" - Lu Dongbin, a Taoist priest in the Tang Dynasty. The word "Chunyang" in Chunyang Palace is Dongbin's name, and it got its name from worshipping Lu Dongbin.
When I came in, I found that the Chunyang Palace was very large. It was a five-courtyard complex that combined the styles of a temple and a garden, with pavilions and towers all available in the courtyard.
[Shrine] The entire building covers an area of ​​more than 10,000 square meters. Along the central axis from south to north are the Gate of Morality, the Offering Hall, the Lü Zu Hall, the Nine Kilns and Eighteen Caves, and the Jade Emperor Pavilion. In front of Taiyuan Chunyang Palace, there is a four-pillar, three-story wooden archway. The main buildings inside include the Lu Zu Hall, the Corridor Pavilion, the Wei Pavilion, auxiliary rooms, the brick cave dwellings, the Guan Gong Pavilion, etc.; the main building, the Lu Zu Hall, is three rooms wide and originally housed a statue of Lu Dongbin; the two courtyards behind the hall are each composed of pavilion-style buildings, with different heights; the Wei Pavilion in the backyard is the tallest building in the palace. Climbing the pavilion and looking around, the scenery of the city is clearly visible. There is an octagonal pavilion at each corner of the palace.
[Shrine] In front of the gate there is a three-story wooden archway with four pillars, which has a unique shape and color. It is a building with distinct Taoist architectural features and is worthy of being a national key cultural relic protection unit. It provides an important reference for the study of Chinese Taoist architecture and Taoist culture. Now it is the Shanxi Ancient Architecture Museum, which displays and explains ancient architecture knowledge.
There are several national treasures in the temple, but the Tang Dynasty statue of Changyang Tianzun could not be found even after searching all the rooms and asking the security guards. [HeartBreak]

[○]Key points:
[One] Chunyang Palace, a famous Taoist temple. The northwest corner of May Day Square in Taiyuan City. The Shanxi Ancient Architecture Museum is located here.
[Two] Also known as Lu Zu Temple. It was first built in the Yuan Dynasty, rebuilt during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty (1573-1620), and renovated and expanded during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty (1736-1795).
[Three] National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit.
[Four] Tickets: 30 yuan.

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Post by LucyBennett_57 | Feb 11, 2025