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Nanyue Purple Bamboo Forest Temple

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Purple Bamboo Forest Temple, located behind Xuandu Temple at Banshuting on Mount Heng in Nanyue, has an unverifiable founding date. According to the Southern Mountain General Gazetteer by Chen Tianfu of the Song Dynasty, the temple existed as early as that period. Since the 1990s, funds have been raised to restore and rebuild it. The temple houses the Child-Giving Hall, the God of Wealth Hall, the Three Stars Hall, and others, and is currently presided over by Taoist Master Zhu Jiacheng, Vice President of the Hunan Taoist Association…

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Purple Bamboo Forest Temple, located behind Xuandu Temple at Banshuting on Mount Heng in Nanyue, has an unverifiable founding date. According to the Southern Mountain General Gazetteer by Chen Tianfu of the Song Dynasty, the temple existed as early as that period. Since the 1990s, funds have been raised to restore and rebuild it. The temple houses the Child-Giving Hall, the God of Wealth Hall, the Three Stars Hall, and others, and is currently presided over by Taoist Master Zhu Jiacheng, Vice President of the Hunan Taoist Association.