Yuanmiao Temple, Taoist temple in Chengxiang District, Putian, China.

Yuanmiao Temple is a former Taoist temple in Chengxiang District, Putian, Fujian. Its main hall, the Hall of Three Purities, is a rare surviving Song-dynasty wooden structure, seven bays wide and six deep with a double-eaved gable-and-hip roof. Twenty stone columns with lotus-shaped bases support the timber frame. The hall is flanked by Qing-era structures including the Hall of Dongyue and the Hall of Five Emperors.

Construction began in 628 during the Tang Dynasty, and the building went through several name changes from Tianqing Temple to Xuanmiao Temple before becoming Yuanmiao Temple in 1662. These name shifts reflected the religious and political transformations that shaped the region across the centuries.

The temple displays traditional Chinese religious architecture with halls dedicated to different deities that show how Taoism was practiced. Walking through the spaces, you notice how the layout guides visitors toward the most important shrines, reflecting the spiritual hierarchy that was central to the place.

The temple stands on Meiyuan East Road in the Licheng District of Putian, facing south. The Hall of Three Purities, the main hall, is seven bays wide and six deep, with a double-eaved gable-and-hip roof carried on twenty stone columns with lotus-shaped bases. The site was listed as a Major National Historical and Cultural Site in 1996.

The Hall of Three Purities, the temple's main hall, is 7 rooms wide and 6 rooms deep, with double-eaves gable and hip roofs, and keeps the architectural style of the Song dynasty. Its ridge inscription records that it was built by imperial order in the Zhenguan era of the Tang and rebuilt in the eighth year of Dazhong Xiangfu (1015).