Five Dragons Temple

The Five Dragons Temple (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Lóng Mìao) is a Taoist temple in Ruicheng, Shanxi Province, China. It is also known as King Guangren's Temple (广仁王庙).

Five Dragons Temple
The Five Dragons Temple
Religion
AffiliationDaoist
ProvinceShanxi
Location
LocationRuicheng
Architecture
Completed833
Tang Dynasty

The temple contains China's second oldest dated timber building, the Main Hall. It was built in 833 and is of the Tang Dynasty. It measures five bays across and has a hip-gable roof.[1]

Notes

  1. Steinhardt (1997), 70.
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References

  • Steinhardt, Nancy Shatzman. Liao Architecture. Honolulu: University of Hawaii, 1997. ISBN 0-8248-1843-1


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