Longevity Palace - China Travel

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Wanshou Palace is located at No. 3 West Street, Qingyan Ancient Town, adjacent to Ciyun Temple. It was built during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty and rebuilt in the third year of Jiaqing (1798). It was not a Taoist temple at first, but the Jiangxi Guild Hall, which was a place for merchants traveling from south to north, and was later transformed into a Taoist temple. The entire palace courtyard is composed of the main hall, side hall, west chamber, theater building and living area, facing east to west. Most of the buildings were destroyed during the "Cultural Revolution", and most of them were rebuilt later. The most interesting thing in the palace is the theater building, in which the wood carvings are exquisite. On the wooden beams on the right side of the theater building, a group of high-relief figures are carved with the content of "Hongmen Banquet", "Ambush from Ten Sides", "Besieged on All Sides", etc., which have military cultural characteristics.