The largest ancient architectural complex in Kunming-Zhenqing Pavilion

Zhenqing Temple was founded in Yuan Dynasty, formerly known as Zhenwu Temple. Its address was the core of the local government of Du Southeast Zhao Dali in China during the Tang and Song Dynasties. In the sixth year of Xuande in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 143 1 year), it was rebuilt and renamed Zhenqing Temple. In the ninth year of Zheng Tong in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1444), the front hall of Zhenqing Temple and the East-West Corridor were added and rebuilt in the fifty-fourth year of Qingganlong (A.D. 1789).

Zhenqing Temple was the residence of Liu Yuanran, a famous Taoist priest in Changchun in Ming Dynasty, when he was exiled to Yunnan. Liu Yuanran is here to "welcome an imperial envoy". At the beginning of Hong Xichu (about AD 1425), Liu Yuanran was recalled to Beijing and asked to play the seal. When he lived in Kunming, Longquan Taoist Temple was famous for building Longquan Temple, and Zhenwu Temple was famous for building Zhenqing Temple. After Liu Yuanran returned to Beijing to work, his disciple Jiang Rihe became the abbot of Zhenqing Temple and presided over the reconstruction and expansion of Zhenqing Temple.

Zhenqing Temple consists of Qian Dian, Weizi Hall and Laojun Hall. All three halls face south and are built on the same axis from south to north. On both sides of the central axis are east-west corridors connecting Qian Dian and the Temple of Wei Zi. Wei Zi Hall is a three-room civil structure building, which rests on the top of the mountain with a single eaves and covers an area of 320 square meters. The whole building retains the architectural style of Ming Dynasty, and the hall is dedicated to Emperor Wei Zi. Behind the Wei Zi Hall is the Laojun Hall (the east and west wing rooms with symmetrical sides). Due to many repairs in history, the architectural style of the Yuan Dynasty is still preserved, and the hall is dedicated to the old gentleman. The old gentleman on the throne is Lao Zi, surnamed Li Minger, a thinker in the Spring and Autumn Period and the founder of the Taoist School, Lao Dan.

Ziweidian

1984 Kunming City and Panlong District Government allocated funds to repair Weizitang. After the restoration, the Wei Zi Temple is three rooms wide, with a civil structure and a single eaves resting on the top of the mountain, covering an area of 320 square meters. It is a rare Taoist building in China, retaining the architectural style of the Ming Dynasty.

Durev

On the east side of Weizi Hall of Zhenqing Temple is Dulei House, which was built in the Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty. Under the main ridge, it is engraved with "Rebuilding the abbot of the official gentry in Jidan Huicheng in June" (that is, AD 1873). The gate is single-eaved, with sloping corners and supported by a bucket arch. There are woodcut couplets on both sides of the gate: "May heaven always produce good people and people always do good things." On the front of the lintel is the title "Dulei House" and on the back is the title "Divine Wind through the ages". There is a pavilion in the gate, commonly known as "Qingfeng Pavilion". On the spine of the book is "Ji Dan believers stood on June 16th, the 21st year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty" (A.D. 18 16). There is a beautiful carved dragon algae well above the pavilion. Behind the pavilion is Leigong Temple. The whole building is a civil structure, with a single eaves resting on the top of the mountain. There are carved stone fences and a pair of stone lions on the veranda of the main hall. Durev's ancient buildings retain the characteristics of French architecture in the early Qing Dynasty and exquisite local genre paintings.

Dulei Building is an affiliated building of Zhenqing Temple, dedicated to Thor. Raytheon, also known as Lei Gong, is the Raytheon in ancient mythology. Shan Hai Jing Hai Zhong Dong Jing said: "Lei Ze has a thunder tree, with dragon ears in his head and drums his clothes." Taoism believes that Raytheon is "the master of heaven, the balance of all things, the palm of things, and the difference between life and death", which is called "Ripford".

The ancient building in the north of Durev Hall is a fire temple dedicated to Vulcan.

Yanlongsi

Yanlong Temple was built in the seventh year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (A.D. 188 1). It was built by salt merchants in Yunnan in the late Qing Dynasty, and salt merchants in the Republic of China were also located here. Yanlong Temple is located in the north of Dulei House, facing south, and consists of a theater, a front hall, east and west wings of the front hall, a main hall, east and west wings of the main hall and an ear room. The architecture of Yanlong Temple well preserved the architectural features of the area at that time. All the building components were exquisitely carved, with golden paint on the eaves, and the exquisite local style paintings were well preserved, especially the theater, which was of high value.

The value of Zhenqingguan ancient buildings exceeds that of a single ancient building. As an independent geographical and cultural unit, it has brought a certain sense of historical vicissitudes to the urban landscape of Kunming, showing rich changes of the times. It is a great supplement and embodiment to the image of a famous historical and cultural city in Kunming, and it is one of the landmark buildings of a famous historical and cultural city in Kunming.

Zhenwudian

Zhenwutang and Zhenqing Temple are the founder Dojo of Zhenwu. Its temple is made of bronze, with a turtle and snake arch at the base and five hundred spiritual officials around it, making Yunnan a gas town and reaching heaven and earth. The founder of Zhenwu takes kindness and integrity as virtue, filial piety as essence, yin and yang as Tao, and harmony as the sum of heaven and earth. Fighting devils to protect the road and advocating the martial spirit of building the country and rejuvenating the country; Zhenwu is also the incarnation of Jin Que, which embodies his lofty position in the immortal system. Known as the god of governing the world, it also embodies its divine power of governing the world, and the world is peaceful.

Zhenqing Temple is the largest existing ancient architectural complex in Kunming, including buildings in the early, middle and late Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is a physical example of the development history of architecture in Yunnan, and also a physical carrier of the development of religious culture and art, with high original protection and research value. It is of great value to the study of Yunnan's architectural history, art history, religious history and the history of cultural exchange between Yunnan and the Central Plains.