Introduction to Taiqing Palace: Taiqing Palace is located between the front and back mountains of Qingcheng Mountain, facing Pengzu Peak and Golden Whip Rock, leaning against the checkerboard stone and the Immortal Cave behind, with Qinglong Gang on the left and Baima Gang on the right, with a gurgling stream in front of the temple. The ancient trees provide shade, flowers are fragrant all year round, and the environment is very quiet.
Taiqing Palace was first built in the Tang Dynasty. It was originally a Buddhist jungle named "Longju Temple". It was commonly known as Guojia'an in the Qing Dynasty and was changed to a Taoist temple in the late Qing Dynasty. In 1940, Lin Sen, the chairman of the National Government, visited here and wrote a plaque on it saying "Too Honest Official". The name was later changed, but the locals still call it "Guo Jia'an".
According to the inscriptions in the temple, the main hall and the mountain gate were rebuilt during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. After that, the abbots and monks in the temple changed several times and repairs were carried out from generation to generation. In 1960, the Guanyin Hall was demolished, leaving only the main hall and more than 10 temple rooms. In 1993, Qingsong Taoist Jiang Xinping, the former vice president of the Chengdu Taoist Association, returned to the mountain at the age of 84 to repair the Taiqing Palace. He built a new Sanhuang Hall on the first floor and a ground floor, repaired the Sanqing Hall, built 18 new wing rooms, and preserved cultural relics such as Ming and Qing dynasty inscriptions. be protected.

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