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Yuanmiao Temple 元妙观Yuánmiào Guàn
National heritage site · Putian, Fujian
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Putian
- Region
- Fujian
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Yuanmiao Temple
Yuanmiao Guan in the old centre of Putian is a Taoist temple founded in 628 and rebuilt in 1015, whose Hall of the Three Purities is one of the rare Song-dynasty timber halls in southern China. The seven-bay hall rests on 20 stone columns under a double-eaved hip-and-gable roof, with Song-style bracket sets and lotus column bases. Qing halls to the Eastern and Western Peaks and other gods stand alongside, with steles including one in the calligraphy of Emperor Huizong.
How to get to Yuanmiao Temple
On Meiyuan East Road in central Putian (Licheng District), a short taxi ride from the centre.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Bao'en Temple Pagoda, Putian 荔城报恩寺塔 (under 10 km), Shijia Wenfo Pagoda, Guanghua Temple 释迦文佛塔 (under 10 km), Shouxi Park 绶溪公园 (under 10 km), Mulan Weir 木兰陂 (under 10 km), Ninghai Bridge 宁海桥 (under 10 km), Putian Arts and Crafts City 莆田工艺美术城 (under 10 km).
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