taoism key figures Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/taoism-key-figures Fri, 10 Feb 2017 14:53:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Hall of the Three Pure Ones Sanqing Dian http://travelsfinders.com/hall-of-the-three-pure-ones-sanqing-dian.html http://travelsfinders.com/hall-of-the-three-pure-ones-sanqing-dian.html#respond Mon, 13 Feb 2017 15:23:00 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=231247 The Daoist Temple of Secrets in the city centre dates backto the second half of the 3rd c. The original buildings are no longer preserved; the complex was newly erected in the 12th c. The main building is the Hall ofthe Three Pure Ones which was built in 1179 according to the plans of Zhao Boxiao. It is 45m/49yd long and 25m/27yd wide. The 1.75m/6ft high main altar is crowned with gilded earthenware statues of the three most important Daoist godheads, the jade emperor, the god of supreme cleanliness, and the god of superior cleanliness. The sculptures, which were finished

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