Shanghai Taiqing Palace

Shanghai Taiqing Palace, also known as Qinci Yang Palace, is said to be one of the earlier Taoist temples in Shanghai. This Taoist temple is prosperous with incense. It is said that making wishes and blessings here is more effective than Longhua Temple and Jade Buddha Temple. The Shangqing Palace is mainly composed of the gate tower, Dongyue Hall, Sanqing Hall, Cangjing Tower (Laojun Hall), Gongde Hall and other buildings. Although the Taoist temple is not large and most of the halls and pavilions are built in modern times, the buildings inside the temple are very grand and magnificent. . After donating 5 yuan incense flower coupons when entering the viewing, two sticks of incense will be given for worship. On the first, fifteenth or other Taoist festivals, believers gather to watch the temple, which is very lively. On the 28th day of the third lunar month, the birthday of Emperor Dongyue, the "Lotus Boat Party" will also be held. The Dongyue Hall is a Ming Dynasty building. The hall is beautifully carved. Under the eaves of the hall, there is a plaque of "Qianci Yangdian" written by the well-known calligrapher Aixinjueluo Yuqi. The main halls of this hall are: Emperor Dongyue, Yuanjun Bixia, Duke Bingling (Prince of Dongyue). The east and west wing rooms in front of the hall are ancient buildings with corridors on the upper and lower floors. Dedicated to sixteen divisions. The rear hall is the Sanqing Hall, which is a modern all-brick and wood structure building. The east and west halls are mainly dedicated to: Zu Tianshi, Sanguan Dadi, Guan Shengdijun, Cihang Daoist, Lu Zu and local gods. There are four floors in the Book Collection Building. The bottom floor is the scripture hall, and the second floor is a Taoist library for the society and believers. It mainly displays modern and modern Taoist classics, writings and Taoist cultural books. The third floor is the Sutra Collection Pavilion, which collects important Taoist classics and displays important Taoist documents and cultural relics of past dynasties. The fourth floor is the Laojun Hall, which enshrines the treasure of the town, the statue of Laojun carved from ten thousand years of red sandalwood. There is a Taoist cultural monument gallery in the east of the Tibetan Scripture Building, where you can enjoy many Taoist calligraphy and paintings by famous people. Among them are the precious manuscript "Shangqing Lingbao Jidu Dacheng Jingshu", the realistic murals of the Pantao Society and other works.