Introduction of Wudang Mountain Taoist Temple (Ledu County, Qinghai Province)

Lanzhou Baiyun Temple, also known as Jincheng Lv Zu Temple, is one of the famous Quanzhen Taoist jungles in Gansu. Both the Provincial Taoist Association and the Lanzhou Taoist Association work here.

Baiyun Temple in Lanzhou can be divided into upper view and lower view. The original site of Shangguan, located in Jishou Mountain, Cuijiaya, a suburb of Lanzhou, has disappeared. Seen from below, Baiyun Temple is located on the east bank of Tanlei River in Chengguan District of Lanzhou City, on the south side of Nanbinhe East Road, facing the "White Horse Wave" of the Yellow River, and far away from the "Golden Chengguan" on the north bank of the Yellow River. This view is dedicated to a pure Yoko who worships Lv Dongbin and the Eight Immortals. According to Chen Yong's "Bai Yun Guan Bei Ji", since Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty (1796─ 1820), Lv Dongbin has appeared on the White Horse Wave of the Yellow River for many times. At that time, there was no temple dedicated to Lv Zu in Lanzhou. Therefore, the local gentry students wrote to Hu Song, then governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, asking for the construction of the Lv Zu Memorial Hall in Lanzhou. Hu Songge approved this request, and Shanshi Party members are taking the lead in raising funds. In the fourteenth year of Daoguang (1834), he "chose the northwest corner of the city, the big river bank and the Kaidishu Palace". It lasted four years and was completed in the summer of the 18th year of Daoguang (1838). It was named Baiyun Temple. Lv Dongbin, one of the Eight Immortals, is also known as Lv Zu Temple. In the 19th year of Daoguang (1839), Baiyun Temple was officially listed as a sacrificial ceremony and became a large-scale and well-built Taoist ten-square jungle in Lanzhou in the Qing Dynasty.

According to historical records, the original buildings of Baiyun Temple are symmetrical, including theater, archway, main hall, Kaiguang Hall, East-West Turbid Water Hall and East-West Taoist Temple. After the opening of the temple, there are exquisite buildings such as Eight Immortals Pavilion, Lingxiu Pavilion, Helu Pavilion, Juxian Pavilion and Zhaosi Pavilion, and then Juxian Building, Feixian Bridge and Laixian Pavilion. Due to historical changes, Baiyun Temple's ancient buildings were mostly destroyed. By the1980s, Baiyun Temple had only three main halls, a theater, a bell and drum tower, an east-west wing and an east-west annex. 1986 10, Lanzhou people approved the opening of Baiyun Temple. 1988, * * * allocated funds to repair the Qian Dian (Lv Zudian), and local monks and believers raised funds to rebuild the statues in the temple. Later, with the support of Hong Kong Taoist Hou Baoyuan and Tan Zhaoci Shan Foundation, in the golden autumn of 2000, the middle hall (Jade Emperor Hall) and the back hall (Sanqing Hall) of Baiyun Temple were renovated, and the bronze statues were magnificent and dazzling. More than10,000 believers attended the opening ceremony held on September 23 of the lunar calendar. This year, the East-West Annex and other housing facilities have all been rebuilt, and the statues in the Annex have also been reshaped.

Lanzhou Baiyun Temple has more than 20 resident Quanzhen Taoist priests.