Statues at Tongxuan Guan

Statues at Tongxuan Guan

The Statues at Tongxuan Guan are a Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

Statues at Tongxuan Guan (Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Unit)

Era: Southern Song Dynasty

Announcement date: December 12, 1989

Located at No. 7 Taimiao Lane, southeast foot of Qibao Mountain, Shangcheng District. Tongxuan Guan was a renowned Taoist temple in Lin’an (the Southern Song capital) during the Southern Song Dynasty. It was first built in the 29th year of the Shaoxing era (1159), and was repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt over time until it was ruined during the Xianfeng era (1851–1861) of the Qing Dynasty, leaving only the cliffside statues. The rock face faces south, is 30 meters long and 3.7 meters high, and features four niches carved from west to east, containing six Taoist statues as well as eleven cliff inscriptions and steles dating from the Southern Song to the Ming Dynasty.

Source: Zhejiang Cultural Relics Website

Further reading:

· Third Batch of Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units