Pangu Temple

Pangu Temple

Pangu temple is located in Qingxian County, Hebei Province.

Historical evolution

It is said that more than 4000 years ago, Dayu discovered Pangu tomb during flood control, so Pangu temple was set up for worship. In 1278, Kublai Khan, the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, issued an edict to expand Pangu temple with the word "Wang", which is called "Pangu Temple". It has been built for more than 730 years. During this period, it has been rebuilt for 14 times. Among them, it reached the peak in the Ming Dynasty, which is one of the highest buildings in China. It was destroyed in 1947 Fire, the existing Pangu temple was built in 1991 in the northeast of the site. In order to cooperate with the application of Pangu culture for national intangible cultural heritage, carry forward Pangu culture, build Pangu cultural industry chain, and improve the city image and cultural taste, the Qingxian County government raised more than 40 million yuan in 2010 to rebuild Pangu temple on the site of the 27th year of Kangxi reign, which was completed in 2012.

cultural background

As the root culture of the Chinese nation, Pangu culture is the most systematic and typical cultural resource and precious wealth in the history of Chinese civilization. Qingxian has a long history of Pangu culture, which is extensive and thick. The "Dapan ancient village" and "Xiaopan ancient village" named after Pangu have a history of more than 400 years. Pangu Valley, Pangu tomb, Pangu pool, Pangu well and other Pangu cultural relics still exist in Qingxian. Pangu temple is the core building of Pangu culture.

Address: East of Wansong temple, Panshan

Longitude: 117.27587000044

Latitude: 39.1417499924