Haizhou Emperor Guan Temple

Haizhou Emperor Guan Temple[3] (simplified Chinese: 解州关帝庙; traditional Chinese: 解州關帝廟), or Haizhou Guandi Temple,[4] is a temple located in Haizhou Town, Yanhu District, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province.[5] It is hailed as "the grand ancestor of temples dedicated to Guan Yu" (关庙之祖).[6] The Temple is the largest extant palace-style Taoist complex and martial temple in China.[7]

Haizhou Guandi Temple
Religion
AffiliationTaoism
Location
LocationHaizhou, Yuncheng, Shanxi[1]
CountryChina
Architecture
Date established589[2]

Haizhou Emperor Guan Temple is the largest Emperor Guan Temple (关帝庙) in China.[8] It has a total area of 220,000 square meters, with more than 200 rooms.[9]

History

Haizhou Emperor Guan Temple was established in the ninth year of Kaihuang (开皇) in the Sui Dynasty (589), expanded and rebuilt in the Song Dynasty and Ming Dynasty.[10]

Haizhou Emperor Guan Temple was destroyed by fire in the forty-first year of Kangxi (1702) in the Qing Dynasty and was restored after more than ten years.[11]

Conservations

In 1957, Haizhou Emperor Guan Temple was designated by the Shanxi Provincial People's Government as the first batch of provincial-level key cultural relics protection units in Shanxi Province.[12]

In 1988,[13] Haizhou Emperor Guan Temple was listed as a Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level in China.[14]

References
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  3. Stanley Henning (9 March 2018). Henning’s Scholarly Works on Chinese Combative Traditions. Via Media Publishing. pp. 73–. ISBN 978-1-986369-24-4.
  4. "Haizhou Guandi Temple Cultural Resource Development of Cultural Industry Perspective". China National Knowledge Infrastructure. 2017-10-16.
  5. "Haizhou Emperor Guan Temple (photoes)". Sohu News. 2007-05-13.
  6. Michael DeMarco (17 August 2016). Bagua and Xingyi: An Intersection of the Straight and Curved. Via Media Publishing. pp. 128–. ISBN 978-1-893765-33-7.
  7. "National Day Long Vacation Shanxi waiting for you to come". Science Guide. 2019-09-24.
  8. "More than 40 stone monkeys "hide" in China's largest Emperor Guan Temple". Xinhuanet.com. Feb 25, 2016.
  9. "Aerial photography of Haizhou Guandi Temple in Shanxi". China News Service. 2016-09-26.
  10. "Shanxi promotes tourism in Northeast China". China Daily. 2015-06-25.
  11. "Haizhou Guandi Temple in Yuncheng". China News Service. 2007-05-26.
  12. "Haizhou Emperor Guan Temple". China National Knowledge Infrastructure. 2016-10-14.
  13. ""Guan Sheng Cultural Complex" heritage application materials will be submitted to the State Administration of Cultural Heritage". China News Service. 2014-03-27.
  14. "Shanxi Haizhou Emperor Guan Temple Scenic Area". Xinhuanet.com. 2018-05-11.
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