Hall of the Three Pure Ones at Yuanmiao Temple

Hall of the Three Pure Ones at Yuanmiao Temple

The Hall of the Three Pure Ones at Yuanmiao Temple is a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

The Hall of the Three Pure Ones at Yuanmiao Temple, located at No. 391 East Meiyuan Road, Yinglong Neighborhood Committee, Zhenhai Subdistrict Office, Licheng District, Putian City, is a surviving Song Dynasty ancient structure from the Taoist Yuanmiao Temple complex. The existing structures include the Hall of the Three Pure Ones, the Three Gates, the Hall of the Eastern Peak, the Temple of the Five Emperors, the Hall of the Western Peak, the Temple of the Five Manifestations, the Three Generations Ancestral Hall of Wenchang, the Temple of the God of Blessings, and others, covering a total area of 6,168 square meters with a building area of 3,587 square meters.

The ancient architecture of the Hall of the Three Pure Ones features a double-eaved hip-and-gable roof facing south. Originally five bays wide, it was later expanded to seven bays, with a depth of five bays.

The Hall of the Three Pure Ones at Yuanmiao Temple was designated as a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit in 1996.

Yinglong Community: Yinglong Community belongs to Zhenhai Subdistrict, Licheng District, and is located in the northern part of Zhenhai Subdistrict, about 1.5 kilometers from the Zhenhai Subdistrict Office. The community’s name is derived from one character each of Yinghui She and Longpo She. It borders Fuzhou–Xiamen Highway to the east, faces Fengshan Community and Changshou Community across Meiyuan East Road to the south, neighbors Meifeng Community to the west, and adjoins Gongchen Subdistrict of Chengxiang District to the north. The entire community covers an area of 0.7 square kilometers, with 3,500 households and a population of 11,000, comprising 11 resident groups. Yinglong Community is home to well-known schools such as Linfeng Primary School and Putian No. 4 Middle School, the Huangtao Ancestral Hall built in memory of Huang Tao, and a national-level cultural... More details about Yinglong Community++

Further reading:

· Fourth Batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units