Shangqing Palace

Shangqing Palace

Shangqing palace is a famous Taoist temple in Qingdao. Located in the valley at the southeast foot of Laoshan Mountain, Laoshan District, Qingdao City, Shanggong for short. It was founded in the early Song Dynasty, and then destroyed by mountain torrents. During 1297-1307 (Dade period of Yuan Dynasty), Taoist Li Zhiming rebuilt it again, and it was repaired repeatedly in later dynasties.

brief introduction

Shangqing palace, also known as Shanggong, is located at the southeast foot of Laoshan mountain. It has gone through three destroys and three repairs. It was first built in the Han Dynasty and destroyed by water. According to Zhang Qiyan's stele of Juxian palace in Yuan Dynasty (originally standing on the east side of the palace gate, the handwriting has been eroded and hard to distinguish. The stele is a precious historic site in Laoshan Mountain, which was placed in Juxian Palace). Zhao Kuangyin, the Taizu of Song Dynasty, built a Taoist temple for Liu ruochou, the Huagai immortal. The Song Dynasty collapsed in the last years, and the Yuan Dynasty was rebuilt in the first year of Dade (1297). In 1317, Chengwu Lang and Zhu Hui wrote the inscription of rebuilding Shangqing palace, which was placed in Shangqing palace. In the middle of Ming Dynasty, the palace of Shang Qing Dynasty collapsed again, and sun Xuanqing was rebuilt in 1567. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Shangqing palace was destroyed by mountain torrents, and Liu benrong, a Taoist of Laoshan Hualou palace, presided over the renovation. On the eve of the liberation of Qingdao in 1949, it has become a broken wall. In 1956, the people's Government of Qingdao allocated funds for renovation. During the cultural revolution, the statues and stone tablets of the palace were smashed, the Scriptures and cultural relics were destroyed, the Taoists were repatriated, and the palace was abandoned for a long time. In 1982, the people's Government of Qingdao listed Shangqing palace as a municipal cultural relic protection unit. In March 1991, Qingdao Taoist Association raised funds for the renovation, which took nine months to complete and reopened on December 6, 1991.

Shangqing palace has two courtyards, 28 halls and houses, with a construction area of 500 square meters and an area of 1500 square meters. The front hall is dedicated to "Sanqing" and the back hall to "Yuhuang". The left and right side halls are dedicated to "three officials" (Tianguan, diguan and Shuiguan) and "Qizhen" (Ma Yu, Tan chuduan, Liu chuxuan, Qiu Chuji, Wang Chuyi, Hao Datong and sun Buer). There is a ginkgo tree planted in Song Dynasty on both sides of the front door, which is called "immortal tree". There used to be a white peony in the backyard of the palace. It was more than Zhang tall and luxuriant. When it bloomed in spring, it was as white as ice, with hundreds of flowers. It was fragrant and white. It died in the early Republic of China. The ancients' poem said: "the front of the door is lined with brocade screens, and the inside of the wall is full of clear, overcast and green. A hundred year old peony and a thousand year old apricot are also psychic The Huashan sect of Quanzhen Taoism is worshipped in Shangqing palace. It is the only jungle temple among many Taoist temples in Laoshan. When Taoists such as Qiu Chuji, Liu chuxuan and Li Zhiming came to Laoshan, they once lived in Shangqing palace to perform Taoism. A huge stone in the west of Shangqing palace is engraved with a poem "Qingyu case" written by Qiu Chuji; on the west side is a dome shaped solitary stone, named "Aoshan stone", engraved with "Aoshan Shangqing Palace". One mile to the south of the palace is the tomb of Qiu Chuji. The palace of the upper Qing Dynasty is surrounded by winding peaks. It is a good place to live.

The palace is divided into two courtyards. In the front courtyard, there is an ancient ginkgo tree in the East and the west, which is the crown of Laoshan ginkgo tree. In the back courtyard, there is a white peony, about eight feet high, planted in the main hall, the East and the west side hall and the road house. Every spring, the white flowers are like jade, and the fragrance overflows all over the courtyard. It is said that it is the flower fairy "fragrant jade" in Pu Songling's Liaozhai. There are poems and inscriptions written by Qiu Chuji, Ming Chenyi and others on the rock in the northwest of the palace. The writer Wang Xinjian also says "where to find the immortal, the secluded realm is full of truth" in his poem "traveling to Laoshan Mountain in Qingdao". The mountains are more green than white cranes, and the peaks are full of purple clouds. The bright clouds clear the sky and the tides delight Kunlun. Qingdao on the sea, no red dust in the mountains. There is a clear spring under the rock, called "holy water spring". Its water is sweet and clear, which is a famous spring in Laoshan. The stone bridge in front of the palace is named Chaozhen, while the stone bridge in the west of the palace is called Yingxian. It is one of the famous Taoist temples in Laoshan. There are two courtyards and two side courtyards in Shangqing palace. There are 28 halls and houses, covering an area of about 1000 square meters. The former hall was dedicated to Sanqing, the latter to Yuhuang, and the left and right side halls were dedicated to "Sanguan" and "Qizhen". The ancient trees in Shangqing Palace are towering. One Ginkgo biloba is 2.53 meters in diameter at breast height. There are three milk like tree tumors on its thick branches, which are extremely rare. It is said that one can grow in a thousand years. On the east side of the main hall, there is a huge stone named daoshan stone.

Transportation of Shangqing palace in Qingdao

Take bus No.106, 109, 110, 383, 615, 627, 926 to Yangkou station, then take bus No.618 to Yakou. Or take the sightseeing bus from Dahedong tourist service center and Yangkou tourist service center to Taiqing scenic area, and take the cableway or walk along the mountain road to Shangqing palace.

Address: East of Shangqing palace in Longhushan Scenic Area

Longitude: 117.03285217285

Latitude: 28.044546127319