Sanqing Hall of Yuanmiao Temple

Debuted as “Tianqing Temple”, it was renamed as what it is today from the early Qing in the name of avoiding a taboo against the then emperor. The Temple was commissioned under the imperial order in the second year of Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty (628), followed by a remodeling in the second year (1009) and an overhaul in the eighth year (1015) during Dazhong Xiangfu of the Northern Song Dynasty. Facing south, the original magnificent building is survived with Sanqing Hall, Yue Temple with either on the east and west, Wudi Temple, Wuxian Temple, Fushen Hall, Wenchang Palace, Monastery Gate and others, totaling 3,587 square meters on a land area of 6,182 square meters. The edifices house the inscription of “Wanshou Palace like Shenxiao Yuqing Mansion” styled by Northern Song calligrapher and Emperor Huizong, Zhao Ji, together with the relocated monument of On Xiangying Temple from the reign of Shaoxing, Southern Song Dynasty, as well as a collection of valuable cultural relics in architecture, calligraphy and local documents of the Song Dynasty. In 1996, it ascended to the fourth batch of national key cultural relic protection sites.