Chongqing Guanyue Temple

　　Chongqing Guanyue Temple was originally located at Jianzhu Apartment, Jiaochangkou, Yuzhong District, Chongqing. It was first built during the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty. The original temple was grand in scale, with a total of 36 large and small halls, including three main halls. The main hall enshrined a bronze statue of Guan Yu approximately 3 meters tall (now housed in the Three Gorges Museum), while the rear hall enshrined Yue Fei. Covering an area of over 5,000 square meters, it worshipped statues of Guan Yu and Yue Fei and was a well-known Taoist temple in the Sichuan-Chongqing region. It was destroyed by fire in the late Ming Dynasty. During the Kangxi era of the Qing Dynasty, it was restored and rebuilt by Governor Li Guoying. In 1914, by order of the President, the statue of Yue Fei was moved in, and the temple was renamed Guanyue Temple. The original Guanyue Temple was a Quanzhen school Ten Directions Monastery and served as the center of Taoist activities in eastern Sichuan. During the Republican era, the headquarters of the Banan Taoist Association, Chongqing Taoist Association, and Sichuan Taoist Federation were all located here, making it a highly influential and renowned Taoist temple in the Chongqing area.