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There are temples in Guangzhou.

Brief introduction of temples in Guangzhou

Su Dongpo's Original Works Remained in Liu Rong Temple

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Located in the northwest of Zhongshan Sixth Road in the center of Guangzhou, it was built in Liangdatong for three years (537) and has a history of 1400 years. It is one of the famous historical sites in Guangzhou.

The handwriting of Su Dongpo in Liu Rong Temple

In 537 AD, Master Tan Yu, the mother-in-law of Liang Wudi Xiao Yan (the most famous Buddhist monarch in China) of the Southern Dynasties, came to Guangzhou to obtain Buddhist relics (Buddhist bones) from Cambodia. In order to welcome this Buddhist treasure, Xiao Yu, the secretariat of Guangzhou, specially created the "Bao Zhuang Yan Temple" here. In the second year of the Northern Song Dynasty (989), when Duangong was rebuilt, the monks in this temple were renamed Jinghui Temple in order to cultivate a clean industry and worship Huineng, the sixth ancestor of Zen Buddhism. Su Shi, a writer and calligrapher in the Song Dynasty, visited Guangzhou in the year of Song San (1 100). He saw six ancient banyan trees in the temple and wrote down the word "six banyan trees". Therefore, it is not difficult to understand the couplet at the entrance of Liu Rong Temple, "One tower has a monument to keep a doctor, and Liu Rong has no tree to remember Dongpo". This "doctor" actually refers to Wang Bo; There are no six banyan trees now, so the "six banyan trees" are actually historical relics and are only for commemoration. The word "six banyan" in front of the door was written by Su Dongpo. Liu Rong Temple in the Ming Dynasty has been passed down to this day.

The handwriting of Su Dongpo in Liu Rong Temple

The flower pagoda of Liu Rong Temple is located in the center of Xiongchu Temple, with a height of 57 meters and an angle of 1 1. The exterior is divided into 9 layers and 17 layers. There are more than 10 monuments such as Shanmen, Maitreya Hall, Tianwang Hall and Wei Tuo Hall, as well as Su Dongpo's portrait and "Six Honors" stone carvings. To the west of the tower is Daxiong Hall, which is 14m high and covers an area of 300 square meters. Dedicated to three giant buddhas made of brass in the second year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (1663). The giant Buddha is 6 meters high and weighs 10 ton. This is the largest existing ancient bronze statue in Guangdong Province. To the south of the Hall of Ursa Major, the Dharma Hall has been rebuilt. There are Six Ancestors Hall, Guanyin Hall, Monk Shezhai, Gongde Hall and Sutra Pavilion in Rongyin Garden.

The handwriting of Su Dongpo in Liu Rong Temple

This tower was built at the same time as the Liu Rong Temple, but the original tower was destroyed by fire in the 10th century. 193 1 year reconstruction, the interior is reinforced with reinforced concrete. At present, the tower is 57 meters high, octagonal and nine-level, with 17 floors inside, reaching the top along the steps and overlooking the whole city. The shape of the tower is gorgeous and spectacular, with a bell hanging from the eaves. The whole tower seems to be a style, and the top of the tower seems to grow on the stamens of the tallest flower. So people generally call it "Flower Pagoda". At the top of the tower is a bronze pillar of a thousand buddhas cast in the 18th year of Yuan Dynasty (1358). The nine plates, treasure beads and hanging iron on it weigh 5000 Jin.

The temple also preserves the bronze statues of the six ancestors of Tang monks cast in the Song Dynasty, which is also a precious cultural relic. Liu Zu, surnamed Lu, was born in Xinxing County, Guangdong Province, and was the sixth-generation founder of Dharma Zen.

Liu Rong Temple, featuring the "Liu Rong Flower Pagoda", was rated as one of the top ten tourist attractions in Guangzhou by 1997.

Data flow information

Take the subway 1 line and get off at gongyuanqian station, or take bus No.56 and No.58 and get off at Liurongsi Station, or take bus No.5, 7, 29, 85, 86, 88, 102, 104, 107,/kloc-.

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Tickets: 8 yuan

Opening hours: 8: 00- 17: 00.

Tel: 83392843

Chenjiaci-a magnificent treasure house of folk craft architecture

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Chen Academy, commonly known as Chenjiaci, is now the seat of Guangdong Folk Arts and Crafts Museum, which is located next to Chenjiaci subway station on Zhongshan No.7 Road in Liwan District.

The Academy was founded in the 16th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1890) and completed in four years. It was the Chenjia Temple in 72 counties of Guangdong at that time. When it was founded, it was the study and accommodation place for Chen's children from various counties in Guangdong when they came to the provincial capital to take the imperial examination, and it was also the ancestral temple for ancestor worship.

Ancestral Temple of the Chen Family

The whole hospital covers an area of nearly 1.5 million square meters, and there is a green square with more than 1.7 million square meters in the east of the hospital. The main building is 80 meters wide and 80 meters deep. It is laid out in the form of "three entrances, three roads, nine halls, two compartments and eight corridors interspersed with six courtyards". It has a large scale, a grand hall and an elegant courtyard. The doors, windows, screens, walls, columns, beams and roofs of the hospital are all equipped with exquisite wood carvings, stone carvings, brick carvings, gray sculptures and pottery sculptures. On the external walls on both sides of the main entrance, there are six large brick carvings, such as Liangshan Juyi and Wu Tongxing Liufenghuang Group. The architecture in the painting is exquisitely carved, with distinct layers, vivid figures and lifelike flowers and birds. Its brick carving skills are rare in modern times and can be said to be amazing.

Ancestral Temple of the Chen Family

Particularly distinctive is the double-sided carving of teak screen doors in the second entrance and back corridor, in which there are 20 pieces of wood carvings, including historical stories of past dynasties and folklore "Three Visits to the Cottage" and "Battle of Red Cliffs", which are known as "China Historical Story Corridor carved with wood carving steel knives".

In the courtyard between the first and second entrances of the middle road, Fushou and Sanyang Qitai with stone railings are inlaid, which shows the achievements of modern cast iron technology in China. Stone carvings, pottery sculptures and gray sculptures in the courtyard are also famous for their distinctive Lingnan characteristics, exquisite craftsmanship and dazzling products. Guo Moruo once wrote a poem praising the architectural art of Chen Academy: "Heaven can be replaced by workers, but man-made heaven is not as good as it is. Sure enough, creating a world is better than studying for ten years. "

Chen Academy, which faces south, is a three-entrance courtyard layout, consisting of 9 halls, 6 courtyards 10 wings and a long corridor. The main building covers an area of 6400 square meters. Its overall structural layout is rigorous, the virtual and the real are alternating, the hall is magnificent, and the courtyard is spacious and elegant. Especially in architectural decoration, it embodies the essence of the decorative art of Guangdong folk architecture, and its internal and external building components are skillfully decorated by wood carving, stone carving, brick carving, pottery sculpture, gray sculpture, copper and iron casting and other techniques. The design has a wide range of themes, vivid modeling, exquisite carving skills, simple and extensive brushwork and meticulous carving. It can be said that Chen Academy is worthy of being a magnificent treasure house of folk arts and crafts.

Ancestral Temple of the Chen Family

From 65438 to 0959, Chen Academy was transformed into Guangdong Folk Arts and Crafts Museum, which mainly collected, preserved, studied and publicized various folk arts and crafts in Guangdong. And folk crafts all over the country. There are several exhibition halls in the museum, which display the cultural relics in the collection all the year round. Exhibits include ceramics, sculptures, embroidery and other exquisite handicrafts. There are more kinds of other handicrafts: Guangzhou enamel, gold and silver handicrafts, colored etched glass; There are Foshan lanterns, paper-cuts, woodcuts, facades and so on. Chaozhou dough plastic paper-cut, manuscript plastic, grass paste; There are also lacquerware in Yangjiang, Chaoshan and Foshan, and handicrafts in ethnic minority areas. There are also exhibition halls and special rooms for modern furniture, calligraphy and painting, Four Treasures of the Study, tea art, etc. Chen Shuyuan is a national key cultural relic protection unit, and 1996 was rated as the first of the "Top Ten Tourist Attractions in Guangzhou".

Ancestral Temple of the Chen Family

Ren Wei Temple

The wood carving in the temple is very beautiful. The head door is made into a wooden carving craft component, and the auspicious patterns are carved and golden.

Food information

Double-skin milk, Liwan steamed emperor, beef sausage, Wuhedi porridge, Liwan boat porridge, European fresh shrimp wonton, Dechang salty pancake, glutinous rice balls, Chen Tianji fish skin, Nanxin Niusanxing, mutton offal soup, fresh shrimp sausage.

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Chen Family Temple-Ren Wei Temple-Liwan Museum (Xiguan Folk Museum)-Shangxiajiu-Guangzhou Shishi-Hualin Temple-Arrive at the pier (the Big Bell Tower) for a night tour of the Pearl River, and you can take part in one-day tours of Guangzhou by major travel agencies.

Data flow information

Take the subway and get off at Chenjiaci Station.

Take bus No.85, 88, 104, 107, 128 and get off at the base station;

Take bus No.268 and get off at Chenjiaci Station or take 15, 52, 55, 105, 124, 133, 193, 196, 205, 206.

Other information

Address: No.34, Enlongli, Zhongshan Seventh Road, Tel: 8 18 1737 1 8114559.

Opening hours: 8: 30- 17: 30.

Admission: 10 yuan, with senior citizen's card over 70 years old, free of bid, with half tickets for students and retirees.

Hualin Temple 500 Luohantang

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Hualin temple

Located in front of Hualin Temple, Changshou West Road, Liwan District, it is a unique Buddhist temple in Guangzhou. In the 7th year of Nanliang (AD 526), Dharma, a famous Indian monk, went to Guangzhou by sea, landed near Hualin Temple and built the "Xilai Temple", which was the first place where Dharma spread Buddhism in China. In order to commemorate this monk, later generations called the place where he landed "the place where he came from the west", which has been used ever since. Xilai Temple was expanded in successive dynasties and renamed Hualin Temple in the 11th year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty (A.D. 170 1), which was one of the five Buddhist jungles in Guangzhou at that time.

At present, the main building of Hualin Temple is Luohantang. During the Cultural Revolution, 500 arhats were destroyed, and 500 carved arhats were rebuilt in 1997. In addition, there is an original Xingyan White Stone Pagoda in front of Hualin Temple, with 6 sides and 7 levels and 7 meters high. Each floor is engraved with patterns, which has the artistic value of carving architecture. Now it has moved to Lanpu, Jiefang North Road.

1963 In March, Guangzhou Municipal People's Committee announced Hualin Temple as a cultural relic protection unit in Guangzhou.

(Photo) 500 Arhat Hall in Hualin Temple

Five hundred Luohantang

Because there is no Hall of Great Heroes in Hualin Temple, the Hall of Five Hundred Arhats has become the main hall. Before the completion of Fatang, it was the only main hall in the temple.

Entering the Five Hundred Arhats Hall, I saw a magnificent King Tu guarding the gate on both sides of the door, reaching to the eaves of the hall and holding a diamond pestle. Above the temple gate, the stone forehead of "Five Hundred Arhats Hall" hangs high. There is a couplet engraved on the stone pillars on both sides: "Prove that bodhicitta should be true now, and Deng is at ease." As soon as I entered the temple gate, I saw a smiling and paunchy Maitreya Buddha waiting for you. Behind the Buddha statue is the temple protector General Wei Tuo. There are three giant buddhas at the northern end of the main hall: Sakyamuni Buddha lives in his ancestral home, Purple Stone Buddha on the left and Amitabha Buddha on the right. The west wall of the hall is dedicated to the king of the whole body. The east wall of the main hall is dedicated to a woodcarving statue of Guanyin with thousands of hands and eyes, opposite to the King of Earth Hidden.

The gate of the 500 Lohan Hall faces south, and from the gate to the Sambo Buddha statue at the northern end, it is the north-south central axis. There are cloisters on the east and west sides, and 500 arhats are enshrined on the pedestal 1 meters high. The original statue was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution, leaving nothing behind. The current Buddha statue was re-carved by 1997 with reference to 500 arhats and related materials in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty, with very fine workmanship. The statue is made of high-quality sandalwood. At first, it was carefully carved by Zhejiang craftsmen. Later, materials such as linen, putty and raw lacquer were purchased from Chaozhou, Shantou, Fujian and Hubei, and were made through joint, ditching, plastering, ashing, polishing, painting and gilding. The project was completed in 197.

At present, most of the new sculptures are dedicated to platforms, and dozens of Luohan statues are closely arranged on the elevated platform on the east side of Miaoxiang Solemn. Five hundred arhats, with their joys and sorrows, different shapes and resplendence, really make visitors linger.

Damotang

Dharma Hall was rebuilt in the 1990s to commemorate the founder of Dharma. Sitting in the south-facing hall, there is a woodcut couplet on the stone pillar in front of the hall, which reads: "There is Zen Buddhism in the east, and Hualin in the western halls", praising the deeds of the early ancestor Dharma who came to China from the west to spread religious culture. On the white stone foundation in the middle of the north wall of the main hall, there is a statue of Dharma, dressed in cassock, sitting with his left leg and his right foot bent, looking like an Indian monk. There are two carved paintings hanging on the east and west walls of the main hall, depicting the legendary story of Dharma's eastward crossing of China, such as "crossing the river for nine years with one reed" and "following the old west only".

Food information

Near Shangxiajiu, there are many Xiguan delicacies.

In addition to ancient buildings, Xiguan is also a paradise for food. There are dozens of famous restaurants and restaurants in Shangxiajiu. There are Guangzhou Restaurant, Taotaoju Restaurant and Panxi Restaurant, all of which are decades-old or centuries-old, and the newly built "Xiguan Family" in Liwan Square. All these places can taste authentic dishes in Guangzhou, and friends who pay attention to food must go. Liwan is also famous for its snacks, such as the time-honored Nanxin Double Skin Milk, Wuhedizhou and Ou Wonton Noodles, which can definitely satisfy your appetite.

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Other information

Contact information: 020-8 1393 175

Bus route: Bus No.2, No.3, No.6, No.61,No.82 and No.204 can reach the temple (get off at Daihe Road Station).

Tickets for scenic spots: free.

Opening hours: 8: 00- 17: 00 (open as usual on holidays).

Xiaoguang temple

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Guangxiao Temple, located in the north of Xiaoguang Road in Guangzhou, is the oldest and largest famous temple in Lingnan era. As the saying goes, "Before Yangcheng, there is a small light". Guangxiao Temple is also a Buddhist Dojo where ancient China and foreign monks often stayed in Xi. It is one of the sources of Buddhist cultural exchanges between China and India. In the temple, the blessing couplet reads: "Zen is the first blessed place in the world, and it is the first famous mountain in Yuankailing." This paper summarizes the important position of Guangxiao Temple in the history of Buddhism in China.

Guangxiao Temple has a long history. In the 2nd century BC, the temple site was the residence of Zhao Jiande, the great-grandson of Zhao, the king of South Vietnam. During the Three Kingdoms period, Yu Fan, an aristocrat of the State of Wu, was exiled to the South China Sea and lived here to give lectures. At that time, it was called "Yu Garden" because there were many river trees in the garden, also known as the big forest. After Yu Fan's death, his family used his house as a temple and named it "Zhisi", and the history of this temple began from this time.

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"Without Yangcheng, filial piety comes first". Bhikuni stepped on the ground of Guangzhou Guangxiao Temple, a famous temple in Lingnan.

It used to be the residence of Xuan Sun, the king of South Vietnam, who was exiled to the South China Sea during the Three Kingdoms period. He lives here to give lectures and is named "Yu Garden". If he dies, he will turn his house into a temple. In the first year of Longan in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, he was named "Zhi" and renamed "Roy Temple". During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, Roy Temple was rebuilt and renamed "Minghe Temple". In the Song Dynasty, it was also called Gan Ming Temple, Chongning Manjuji Temple and Guangxiao Temple. It was not until the 21st year of Shaoxing, Song Gaozong that it was renamed the Guangxiao Temple today. It has been used for more than 800 years and has experienced several storms. 192 1 year, which was changed to "police officer school" and "art college". During the Anti-Japanese War, it became the "pseudo Salvation Army Command". After liberation, the South China Song and Dance Troupe Dance School is located here again. Buddha, it's hard enough to interact with soldiers and draw and dance. 1979, the government allocated 600,000 yuan to rebuild the Hall of Heroes and the Hall of Six Ancestors, 1986 Guangxiao Temple was returned to Buddha.

/kloc-one day more than 300 years ago, there was an interesting argument here. Huineng came here and the pot in the hall moved. A monk said it was "wind"; Another monk said it was "fluttering". People who say "the wind is moving" say that there is no wind and it is not automatic. Those who say "move" will talk about why the wind and mountains don't move. Huineng said: Not the wind. Not fluttering, but my own heart. This is the famous allusion of "the wind is fluttering", such as this clock, which has been ringing until today.

There are two towers in the temple, the East Tower and the West Tower. The East Tower was built in 10 of Dabao Five Dynasties in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the West Tower was built in 6 years of Dabao Five Dynasties in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The East Tower, with seven floors and four cokes, is 635 meters high. It is the oldest, largest and best-preserved cast iron stupa in China.

The annual land and water meeting of Guangxiao Temple is very grand. Usually seven days, most of them are monks or dozens or hundreds of people who attend the 49-day ceremony, chanting, fasting, worshipping Buddha and worshiping the dead, and most of them provide food and drinks. In order to "cross over" all ghosts and gods on land and water, Puji "has six ways and four lives". Guangxiao Temple is a place of hope.

In recent years, with the support of people from all walks of life at home and abroad, Guangxiao Temple is going to rebuild the temple in five phases in five years. The first phase of the project has broken ground for the construction of Toushanmen, Promenade, Bell Tower, Drum Tower and Thousand Buddha Hall. After the completion of the fifth phase of the project, a thousand-year-old temple will be re-displayed in the temple covering an area of more than 30,000 square meters, reappearing its original historical features and showing the architectural features of Lingnan Temple.

Guangzhou Guangxiao Temple enthusiastically helped the Yao people, and donated 1996120,000 yuan to build a highway for Shanlian Township, Liannan Yao Autonomous County, Guangdong Province. This year, this road has been completed and opened to traffic. Yao people recommend the township head to send a banner to Guangxiao Temple, which reads: "Help the people pave the way to get rich and help the people run towards a well-off society."

199610/On October 30th, Guangxiao Temple held a grand ceremony to celebrate the birth of the newly born master. On that day, the thousand-year-old temple was completely dressed up, decorated with lanterns and colorful flags everywhere, and the Sanskrit sound melodious. Master Ming Sheng of Xiaoguang Temple led the monks of the whole temple to respectfully invite the new abbot to the hospital for promotion at the mountain gate. The new abbot finished the ceremony of going to court at the mountain gate, burned incense and prayed in front of Maitreya Bodhisattva and Wei Tuo Bodhisattva, and then turned to Daxiong Hall, where Master Yunfeng, president of Guangdong Buddhist Association and abbot of Liu Rong Temple in Guangzhou, gave his seat to the new abbot. In the Dharma Hall, I returned to the abbot, the old monk Ben Huan, and sent a seat to Xincheng. On that day, 20,000 people from all walks of life and believers packed the courtyard with unprecedented pomp, and the whole celebration ceremony was successfully concluded.

Master Xincheng is 78 years old. In order to inherit Tathagata's family business and revive the Buddhist tradition, regardless of his age, he has been running around, managing the activities of monk groups, becoming a Buddhist association in provinces and cities, and managing more than ten temples tirelessly. At the same time, Master Xincheng has always been enthusiastic about social welfare undertakings, actively participated in disaster relief, "Project Hope" and funded church undertakings such as building temples, running schools and running periodicals, and made outstanding contributions, which was praised by the four disciples of Buddhism, leaders at all levels and people from all walks of life.

Gui Dian Lan Palace: Taoist Temple Ren Wei Temple

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Ren Wei Temple is a typical architectural style of Ming and Qing Dynasties, which pays attention to magnificence and is the crystallization of various carving arts in China. Its main building is slightly trapezoidal, covering an area of 2200 square meters, facing south. The wood carving in the temple is very beautiful. The head door is made into a wooden carving craft component, and the auspicious patterns are carved and golden. The top is the Wushan Wind Volcano Wall. The main ridge is the tile ridge of pottery figurines shaped by Shiwan Wenru, with the words "Tongzhi Ding Mao" on it. Its exquisite wood carving, rough stone carving and clear brick carving were once known as "Gui Dian Lan Palace".

Ren Wei Temple is an auspicious temple dedicated to the Zhenwu Emperor (Northern Emperor) of Taoism, which means "kindness and mercy". Built in 1052, it has a history of more than 940 years. It is one of the oldest existing temples in Guangzhou. It is famous for its exquisite wood carving, rough stone carving and exquisite brick carving. It was once called "Gui Dian Lan Palace", and its reputation spread far and wide at home and abroad. The temple architecture is solemn and simple, with distinctive technological characteristics of traditional ancient buildings in Lingnan. It is the representative of the architectural style of Guangzhou in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and it is also a well-preserved Taoist ancient building in Guangzhou at present, with important cultural relics and Taoist cultural value.

Ren Wei Temple has been rebuilt and rebuilt many times in the past dynasties, among which it was rebuilt on a large scale during the reign of Qing Qianlong and Tongzhi. The whole temple faces south, with an original area of 2200 square meters, and more than 20 inscriptions are still preserved. 1993 was designated as a municipal cultural relics unit by Guangzhou municipal government in August.

Historically, Ren Wei Temple has always been a place for people who believe in Taoism to carry out religious activities in western Guangzhou and Nanhai, Panyu and Shunde. After the founding of New China, the religious activities of Ren Wei Temple continued. After the "Cultural Revolution", Ren Wei Temple was restored, and Taoist believers in Guangzhou repeatedly demanded that it be restored as a place for Taoist activities. From June, 5438 to February, 2002, with the approval of Guangzhou and Liwan District governments, Ren Wei Temple was handed over to Guangzhou Taoist Association and opened to the public as a place for religious activities. Ren Wei Temple became the fourth Dojo registered and opened by the government after Sanyuan Palace, Wong Tai Sin Temple and Chunyang Temple.

It is reported that under the guidance of the religious departments in Guangzhou and Liwan District, the Ren Wei Temple Reconstruction Committee was recently established by the Guangzhou Taoist Association, and it is planned to invest funds to carry out comprehensive maintenance of Ren Wei Temple, so as to turn Ren Wei Temple into a religious tourist attraction integrating Lingnan characteristics, historical relics and Taoist temples.

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No.8 bus terminal

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Address: No.34, Enlongli, Zhongshan Seventh Road, Tel: 8 18 1737 1 8114559.

Opening hours: 8: 30- 17: 30.

Admission: 10 yuan, with senior citizen's card over 70 years old, free of bid, with half tickets for students and retirees.

Introduction to Sanyuan Palace:

Sanyuan Palace, located at the southern foot of Yingyuan Road in Yuexiu Mountain, is the oldest and largest Taoist building in Guangzhou. Sanyuangong was built for the satrap Bao Liang of the South China Sea in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Formerly known as Yuegangyuan, it was called Wuming Temple in the Tang Dynasty and renamed Sanyuan Palace when it was rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty (Taoism takes heaven, earth and water as three elements). The overall layout of the Sanyuan Palace is: centering on the Sanyuan Hall facing the mountain gate, facing south; The corridor in front of the temple connects the east and west bell and drum towers, and the Laojun Hall is behind the temple. From south to north on both sides, there are old ancestral halls, Zhaitang, Guest Hall and Lvzu Memorial Hall in the east, and Pot Hall, New Ancestral Hall and Baogutang in the west. The total construction area of each hall is about 2000 square meters. The main hall of Sanyuan Palace is 20.27m wide and16.85m deep. It is built on the high-grade stone platform in the north, connected with the bell, drum tower and worship gallery, and is unique among the ancient buildings in Guangzhou. Sanyuan Palace is a municipal cultural relics protection unit and the main place for folk religions and festivals in Guangzhou.

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