Temple to Qin Guan

Temple to Qin Guan

The Temple to Qin Guan is a cultural relic protection unit of Wuxi City.

The Temple to Qin Guan, located at No. 102–106 Chongning Road in Wuxi, was first built in the 14th year of the Zhengde reign of the Ming Dynasty (1519), making it one of the earliest memorial structures dedicated to Qin Guan in China.

Qin Guan once served as a professor in Cai Prefecture, a Doctor of the Grand Academy, and a Corrector in the Secretariat and Compiler in the National History Office. Later, he was demoted multiple times due to being associated with the Yuan faction. He excelled in poetry and ci (lyric poetry), and is known as one of the "Four Scholars of the Su School" and a representative of the "Wanyue School."

The existing structures of the temple include the entrance hall, Yonglie Hall, the main hall, and the stele corridor, all rebuilt during the Tongzhi and Guangxu reigns of the Qing Dynasty. The entrance hall is three bays wide (11.30 meters), five rafters deep (6.35 meters), with a ridge height of 5.14 meters. Yonglie Hall is three bays wide (13.32 meters), ten rafters deep (13.08 meters), with a ridge height of 13.32 meters. Several stone stelae from the Ming and Qing dynasties are also preserved inside the buildings.

In July 1986, it was designated as a municipal-level cultural relic protection unit by the Wuxi Municipal People's Government.