Where is Taizhou City God Temple?

Taizhou City God Temple is a national key cultural relics protection unit.

Taizhou City God Temple is located at No.22 Miao Yi Street, Hailing District, Taizhou City.

Taizhou City God Temple, also known as Yimiao, is the largest and best-preserved City God Temple in Jiangsu Province and the largest Taoist temple in Taizhou.

Founded in the Tang Dynasty, it has undergone five renovations since the Northern Song Dynasty.

The whole building faces south, with a total length of 124.47 meters and an area of more than 5,300 square meters. The eight-character wall outside the door is divided into two sides, with the meridian as the central axis before and after, and is divided into three parts: the mountain gate hall, the trial hall and the main hall. There are five Shanmen temples, five trial halls, ten main halls, twenty-four thirty departments, twenty-two local temples, six third-class rooms, land prayer temples and seventy-two houses. Among them, Shanmen Hall, Shenshi Hall and 24th Division are buildings in Ming Dynasty, and the main hall is buildings in early Qing Dynasty. Symmetrical wings are built on the left and right sides of each entrance connecting the patio, so that a group of quadrangles will naturally form at each entrance of Yudou.

The architectural style and volume of Taizhou City God Temple are similar to those of Taizhou Jiuzhou Cliff. There are three square doors in the first hall. There is a statue of a horse on the east and west sides of the hall, facing the gate at a distance, and there are flagpoles and screen walls in the south of the street. Second, enter the four Gongcao halls, where four Gongcao gods are enshrined. There are five wings in front of Gongcaotang, namely "Zanhuatang", "Board House" and "Land Temple". The third courtroom was built with rosewood case-solving, with brick archways on the aisle in front of it and a row of about seven or eight deacons' rooms on both sides of the aisle. Fourth, into the main hall, there is a theater in the yard, facing the main hall; Each side has 15 wings, and 24 divisions belong to the main Huang Cheng. The main hall is the main hall in the temple, dedicated to the statue of Taizhou City God, with five beards and golden face, and elegant manners. Wear a jade belt around the waist, black boots, a gold crown with a hook and an embroidered red robe. In front of the statue of Lord Huang Cheng, there is a bar-shaped prayer table with incense burner and candlestick. There are statues of judges of Wen and Wu in the east and west sides of the hall, bells and drums in the southeast corner, and a big bronze tripod in the center of the platform outside the front porch of the hall.

In 2006, as an ancient building from Ming Dynasty to Qing Dynasty, Taizhou City God Temple was listed in the sixth batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council.

Address: No.22 Miao Yi Street, Hailing District, Taizhou

Type: Monument Temple

Playing time: suggested 1 hour.

Tel: 0523-866 12223