Yongning Yongning Ancient City | Lvzu Temple

Pass through the east of Yongning Yuhuang Pavilion, and there is a Lvzu Temple in the courtyard of Shancheng Restaurant. The temple has sculptures and murals (new colors), and the back wall murals from left to right are Han Zhongli, Lü Dongbin, Cao Guojiu, Han Xiangzi, Lan Caihe, He Xiangu, Zhang Guolao, Tieguai Li, and the gable murals tell the story of the Eight Immortals. 🟡Yongning Lvzu Temple Built during the Ming Dynasty, it was originally part of the Ming Dynasty's Yongning Chaotian Palace and was rebuilt during the Qing Dynasty. In the back courtyard, there are statues of the Eight Immortals, and during the third national cultural relics survey, only the main hall remained, and the murals were unrecognizable. It has been repaired later. 🟡Now only the main hall remains, facing north to south with a width of three bays, a large ridge, four hanging ridges, and hard mountain tube tiles; Qing Dynasty architectural style. 🟡Features: ❶ The purlins in the middle of the roof are original, which can be compared with the surrounding colored paintings; ❷ The north wall has a large mural, and the east and west walls have 64 small murals; ❸ There are strip patterns with hidden Eight Immortals under the pedestal; ❹ An interesting couplet: 'To those destined, I do not wait in vain to see through the eyes; to attain the supreme path, one only needs to stand firm.'; ❺ Yongning Lvzu Temple is a cultural relic registered in the survey by Yanqing District.