Tugutemple

Tugutemple

Tugutemple is a cultural tourism attraction.

Less than a mile to the northwest of the Lu Xun Former Residence at Xin Tai Men stands a small Tugutemple, which was also the dwelling place of Ah Q. The entrance of the Tugutemple features not only a main gate but also a wooden fence gate painted in ochre-red. Above the gate is a broad overhanging eave, beneath which is a not-so-high stone threshold. Inside is a very small courtyard, flanked by two stone benches and two narrow corridors leading to the temple hall.

Beyond the courtyard lies the temple hall, housing two clay statues of the Earth God and the Earth Goddess. It is usually quite quiet here, but during the Earth God’s birthday (the 14th day of the fourth lunar month), worshippers come to burn incense and pray, and during the Winter Solstice, candles are lit, making it more lively.

Across the “Dongtao Fang Road Pavilion” and diagonally opposite is the Changqing Temple, where Lu Xun was taken by his parents before he was even one year old to be spiritually adopted as a disciple of the abbot monk Longzu. Master Long gave Lu Xun the Dharma name “Changgeng.”

Both sites were restored in 1981 and no longer serve religious functions; they are now maintained as memorials to Lu Xun.

Transportation: Tugutemple is located at No. 320, Xinjian South Road; Changqing Temple is at No. 351, Xinjian South Road

Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province