Five Dragons Temple 广仁王庙Guǎngrén Wáng Miào

About Five Dragons Temple

This was a rain-praying shrine to King Guangren, the spirit of the springs that once flowed out of the slope in front of it, which is why villagers call it the Five Dragons Temple. Its main hall, dated to the 830s under the Tang dynasty, is the second oldest dated timber building in China after the main hall of Nanchan Temple on Mount Wutai. The five-bay hall has a hip-gable roof and no columns inside, with a Qing-dynasty opera stage in front; it was dismantled and repaired in 2013–15 and reopened to visitors in January 2015.

How to get to Five Dragons Temple

It is in Zhonglongquan village next to Yongle Palace, about 3 km north of Ruicheng and about 60 km by road south-west of central Yuncheng. Like many village temples in Shanxi it may be locked, so ask in the village for the caretaker.

Nearby

• Yongle Palace 永乐宫 under 10 km
  Yuan-dynasty Taoist murals in a temple moved piece by piece to make way for a reservoir
• Xiezhou Guandi Temple 解州关帝庙 20 km
  Gateways, halls and towers honouring the deified general Guan Yu in his home district
• Yuncheng Salt Lake 运城盐湖 40 km
  Brine ponds that turn red, pink and green in summer, below the Zhongtiao Mountains

Also within 20 km: Shousheng Temple Brick Pagoda, Ruicheng 巷口寿圣寺砖塔 (under 10 km), Ruicheng City God Temple 芮城城隍庙 (under 10 km), Dayudu Yellow River Scenic Area 大禹渡 (10 km), Wulao Peak, Yongji 五老峰 (10 km), Qingliang Temple, Ruicheng 清凉寺 (10 km), Bian Que Temple, Yongji 扁鹊庙 (20 km).

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