Taishan Xianling Palace

Taishan Xianling Palace

Taishan Xianling Palace is a cultural heritage site protected at the provincial level in Shandong Province.

Taishan Xianling Palace is located in Shiheng Village, Shiheng Town. It is a Ming Dynasty structure and a municipal-level cultural heritage site. Commonly known as the "West Traveling Palace" or "Traveling Palace Temple," the main hall, east and west side halls, and front passageway are all well-preserved, covering an area of 2,815.2 square meters. The front passageway is of the through-hall style, with three bays, a flush-gable roof, and yellow glazed tiles. Above the door is horizontally inscribed “Taishan Xianling Palace,” with the inscription “Built in the 42nd Year of the Wanli Era, Ming Dynasty, March.” The main hall, known as the “Bixia Yuanjun Shrine,” has three bays, is 9.6 meters long from east to west, and 8.7 meters deep. It features a brick, stone, timber, and earth structure, with a front-veranda style, a flush-gable roof, and a top covered in yellow glazed tiles. The upper outer sections of the east and west gable walls are adorned with colorful ceramic sculptures. The west gable wall features the “Eighteen Arhats Fighting the Monkey King,” while the east gable wall depicts the “Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea,” “Egrets Playing with Lotus Flowers,” and “Carp Leaping Over the Dragon Gate,” among others. Behind the main hall, a through-corridor leads to the rear building, which has a flat roof. The east and west walls have arched doorways, and at the base of each wall are three Qing Dynasty steles commemorating renovations. The rear building is a stone structure with an arc-shaped roof. The east and west side rooms are symmetrical structures, each with three bays, a front-veranda style, a flush-gable roof, and yellow glazed tiles. To the south of the east side hall is the Lingguan Hall, with two bays, a flush-gable roof, built in June of the third year of the Tianqi era in the Ming Dynasty (1623). In addition, there are several steles commemorating the construction and renovation of the site.

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Further Reading:

· Third Batch of Provincial-Level Cultural Heritage Sites in Shandong Province