Zhangren Temple on Qingcheng Mountain

Zhangren Temple on Qingcheng Mountain

Zhangren Temple on Qingcheng Mountain, also known as Zhangren Imperial Palace, was originally a courtyard-style Taoist temple. In March of the Xin Si year during the Guangxu reign of the Qing Dynasty (1881), Huang Yunhu wrote in his “Record of the Restoration of Zhangren Temple Deities”: “This place is the ancestral hall of Shangyuan Palace. It was renovated by lay Buddhist Wang during the Xianfeng period, and Taoist priest Lu Jingxu once set up an alchemy furnace here.” The ancient temple was demolished in 1963. In 1992, three main halls were rebuilt on the original site to enshrine the True Lord Ningfeng. A stone carving of Ningfeng from the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty still remains.

Behind the hall lies the tomb of Master Mu Zhiquan, the 21st-generation disciple of the Longmen Sect of Taoism, who was renowned for his medical skills. Beside the hall is Baiyan, a spur of Zhangren Peak. Following the mountain path leads to Sanhuang Terrace at the peak of Zhangren Mountain, said to be the spot where the Three Sovereigns played chess. Further ahead is the Immortal Cave, which extends over a hundred meters and is hidden within serene groves of trees.