Introduction to Sanqing Hall: Sanqing Hall is the main hall of Xuanmiao Temple. There is a vertical plaque more than one meter long in the middle of the front of the hall, which reads "Sanqing Hall" in three large block letters. It is a tribute to Jin Zhijun, the Taifu during the Kangxi period. Under the vertical plaque, there is a horizontal banner with the four characters "Miao Yi Tong Yuan" written with vigorous writing. It was also written by Jin Zhijun, but the original has been lost and is now written by Xie Xiaosi. The main hall has nine bays, with double eaves and mountain style. It is 44 meters wide and 25 meters deep, with a total area of 1100 square meters. It is a wooden building in the Southern Song Dynasty. In the middle of the roof is a three-piece iron halberd, which means a three-level promotion. The dragon head was carved in the Song Dynasty and is about 3.5 square meters.
The three pure gods in the hall are mainly worshiped, namely Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun in the middle, Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun in the east, and Taiqing Daode Tianzun in the west. Taoism believes that the three pure gods are all incarnations of Yuanshi Tianzun, so there is "One Qi Transformation" The theory of "Three Purities".
As a wooden structure building in the Southern Song Dynasty, Sanqing Hall is not only unique in the Jiangnan region, but also only the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City in Beijing and the Dacheng Hall in Qufu, Shandong can compare with it nationwide, so it is also called a national treasure. Well-deserved. Due to the important position Sanqing Hall occupies in the history of Chinese architecture, it was listed as a key cultural relic protection unit by the State Council in 1982.