Fushou Palace

Fushou Palace

Fushou palace is located in Liaoyuan city

The south foot of Longshou mountain is one of the largest Taoist temples in Northeast China. The Kuixing building in Liaoyuan, known as "the first building of China's Xuanmen", stands here.

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Taoism has a long history in Liaoyuan city. Long before the establishment of the city, there were records of Taoist temples in 1893. From 1904 to 1913, there were seven big and small palaces between Longshan and liaoshui. In particular, Fushou palace is the most magnificent and large-scale.

Establishment time

Fushou palace was first built in 1897. Its founder was Wang Zuoquan, the Taoist master of Jinshan school. The site is located at the south foot of Longshou mountain, back to the head of Longshan mountain, with green hills, East Liaohe River meandering from the East and clear water flowing to the West. The landscape is beautiful, and Zhong Lingyu is beautiful. After more than 50 years of construction and expansion by Wang Zuoquan and other ancestors, on the eve of the liberation of Liaoyuan, a traditional palace complex consisting of a five storey hall on the mountain has been built.

building structure

The first floor is the Mountain Gate with a horse hall. On the base of Qingshi platform, the plaque of "Fushou Palace" hung high. Inside the hall, there are two colored sculptures, red and white horses. They enter the hall on the second floor through two matching doors, green dragon and white tiger. On the second floor of the left and right bells and drums. The main hall is Guan Yue hall, with the statue of Guan Gong in the middle, and the front is for the throne of Yue Fei. In the hall, there is a Dragon King statue in the East and a god of wealth in the West. East Hall for the two fairies, for Ji Xian, Liu Xian. There are five rooms in the East and west of the hall, the lecture hall in the East and the fairy hall in the West. The third floor consists of three halls. In the middle is Bixia palace, in the East is luzu palace, and in the west is Daxian hall. On the fourth floor, there are two East-West halls. The East Hall is three palaces, and the West Hall is Niangniang hall. The top floor is the Sanqing hall, dedicated to the ancestors of Sanqing religion.

Interior decoration

There are 100 statues of Fushou palace, more than 100 buildings, green bricks and tiles, antique, carved beams and painted buildings, flying eaves, red painted doorposts, green trees, elegant and quiet. There are a large number of Taoist classics, Taoist movements, musical instruments, Taoist magic instruments and sacrificial utensils in the palace. There are more than 50 Taoists. Every temple fair is full of people and incense, which is unprecedented. It is one of the famous Taoist caves in Northeast China.

reconstruction

Unfortunately, houfushou palace was destroyed in the war. After the catastrophe of the cultural revolution, the old buildings have disappeared. Broken walls, empty valleys, wild flowers, flying fireflies, wind sad dew.

After the cultural revolution, the party's religious policy was implemented, and the cultural landscape of Liaoyuan area was waiting for a hundred wastes. It happened that Master Wang Quanlin, chairman of Liaoning Taoist Association, went back to his hometown to visit his relatives and ancestors, and visited his mother's temple. He burst into tears, so he had a great wish to rebuild his mother's temple. It took two years for the master to raise money in various ways. By 1994, he had raised more than 1.5 million yuan to restore and rebuild the large-scale buildings such as Cihang hall, Sangong palace, Dharma protection hall, Erjin dongxipeidian, Zhaitang liaoshe, Beilin, Wuchang, Jiaomen, Wai and so on. Religious activities that had been interrupted for many years were resumed. On the day of the reopening of Fushou palace, 100000 people from Liaoyuan city attended the opening ceremony. Since then, religious activities have flourished, believers have gathered and incense has flourished. In the past ten years, the restoration of Fushou palace has never stopped.

Kuixing tower

In the architectural complex of Fushou palace stands a magnificent tower with carved beams and painted buildings, which is the Kuixing tower in Liaoyuan, known as "the first building of Xuanmen in China". The tower is divided into nine floors (including mezzanine) for the number of heaven and earth to Yang. The tower is 66 meters high, with a base diameter of 40 meters and a body diameter of 24 meters. The whole building is designed in accordance with Taoist Taiji, Liangyi, Sancai, Sixiang, Wuxing, Liuhe, Qixing, Bagua and Jiugong, which is in accordance with the natural number of heaven and earth. It is grand and magnificent. It can be rated as the top of Taoism in China and can be compared with the three famous buildings in the south of the Yangtze River Yueyang Tower, Tengwang Pavilion and Yellow Crane Tower. Integrating religion, history, culture, art, tourism and sightseeing, it has become a spectacular landmark building and a new cultural landscape in Liaoyuan city. Today's Fushou palace has become a holy place for worshippers.

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Address: Fushou palace, Liaohe Road, Longshan District, Liaoyuan, Jilin Province

Longitude: 125.156048

Latitude: 42.894598

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