White Horse Hall

White Horse Hall

White Horse Hall is a cultural relic protection unit of Wenzhou City.

Luocheng White Horse Hall is located at No. 214 Jiefang South Road, Luocheng District, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province. Originally named Yingji Temple and commonly known as White Horse Temple, it is said that Xiao Tong, the Crown Prince Zhaoming of the Liang Dynasty during the Southern Dynasties, rode a white horse to Wenzhou to provide famine relief, and the local people built the temple to worship him. The overall building faces southwest and was constructed in the mid-Qing Dynasty. It comprises a mountain gate, main hall, front porch, theater stage, Guanyin Tower, and other structures forming a corridor-style courtyard.

The mountain gate is a five-bay, two-story wooden structure with a double-eaved hip-and-gable roof. The first floor features a brick facade with three round arch doorways and solid wooden panel doors, while the second floor has a wooden railing along the front corridor.

The theater stage has an octagonal layered bracket ceiling dome and a hip-and-gable roof. The porch has upturned eaves and flying corners, a Sumeru pedestal base, and a hip-and-gable roof.

Protection Level: County (city/district) level cultural relic protection unit

Era: Qing Dynasty

Date of Designation: August 21, 1985

Category: Ancient Architecture

Protected Area: To the south, bounded by the north wall of the building at No. 216 Jiefang South Road; to the north, bounded by the south wall of the building at No. 206 Jiefang South Road; to the west, bounded by the temple’s surrounding wall extended outward to the edge of Jiefang South Road; to the east, bounded by the temple’s surrounding wall extended outward by 0–5 meters.