Lousangmiao Sanyigong, Temple complex in Lousangmiao, China.
Lousangmiao Sanyigong is a temple complex with multiple separate buildings, each dedicated to a different deity. The structures are decorated throughout with traditional carved wooden elements, sculpted figures, and ornamental details that characterize Chinese religious architecture.
The temple was first built in the Sui dynasty to commemorate the legendary Peach Garden oath of Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. In 1508, during the Zhengde reign of the Ming, it was repaired and expanded, and Emperor Wuzong granted the inscribed plaque "Chijian Sanyigong". Most of the complex was destroyed in the late 1960s; only the gate survived. In 1996 the Zhuozhou tourism and cultural relics bureau rebuilt it on the former layout and scale, opening it in October 1998.
The temple commemorates the Peach Garden oath of Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei from the Three Kingdoms period. On the 23rd day of the third lunar month it hosted the Lousang Spring Society fair, one of the eight old Zhuozhou scenic sights, praised in a poem by Wang Ruixin of the Qing dynasty. Wooden statues of the three, over three metres tall, stand in the halls.
The complex lies in Lousangmiao village, Songlindian town, southeast of Zhuozhou city, and covers over 30,000 square metres. The rebuilt halls follow a three-courtyard Ming layout, so visitors pass in order through the gate, Horse God Hall, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei halls, main hall, retiring hall, Wuhou Hall and Young Three Virtues Hall. The 1508 gate is the only surviving original structure.
The only structure to survive the Cultural Revolution is the palace gate, a brick-built imitation of timber with a single-eave, beamless roof and three arched doorways. A horizontal stone plaque above the arches reads "Built by Imperial Decree of the Three Virtues Palace", recalling Emperor Wuzong's 1508 grant.
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