Yongle gong
The Yongle Gong ( Chinese 永樂 宮 / 永乐 宫 , Pinyin Yǒnglè Gōng , English Yongle Temple / Palace of Eternal Joy / Eternal Happiness Temple ) is a Daoist temple from the Yuan dynasty in Ruicheng County in the Chinese province of Shanxi . He is famous for his murals. The temple is dedicated to Lü Dongbin .
The temple has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (1-93) since 1961 .
literature
- Paul R. Katz : Images of the Immortal: The Cult of Lü Dongbin at the Palace of Eternal Joy. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1999, ISBN 0-8248-2170-X ( book review ( May 12, 2008 memento on the Internet Archive ))
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Coordinates: 34 ° 43 ′ 24 ″ N , 110 ° 41 ′ 15 ″ E