Huangling Temple, Ancient temple in Xiling Gorge, Yichang, China

Huangling Temple, originally Huangniu Ci and Huangniu Miao, stands on the south bank of the Yangtze in Sandouping, Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei, facing north with its back to the hill. Its 4,860 m² of buildings on a site of over 20,000 m² include a mountain gate, opera tower, Yuwang Hall, Zushi Hall, Wuhou Shrine, Baigu Pagoda and a life-release pond. The main Yuwang Hall, rebuilt in 1618, is five bays wide (18.45 m) and five deep (16.2 m) under a double-eaved hip-and-gable roof.

The temple was originally called Huangniu Ci, then Huangniu Miao, before taking the name Huangling. Its main hall, the Hall of Yu the Great, was rebuilt in 1618, the 46th year of the Wanli reign of the Ming dynasty. The complex also includes a hall dedicated to Zhuge Liang, the strategist of the Three Kingdoms period. In 1956 it was listed as a Hubei provincial cultural relic under the name Huangniu Miao, and in 2006 it became a Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level.

The temple was first called Huangniu Ci (Yellow Ox Shrine) and later Huangniu Miao, before taking the name Huangling. Its main hall is dedicated to Yu the Great, the legendary ruler credited with controlling the floods. The complex also includes a Wuhou Ci, a hall honouring the strategist Zhuge Liang.

The temple stands on the south bank of the Yangtze, downstream of the Three Gorges Dam in Sandouping, and faces north, so the main gate is entered from the river side. The grounds cover more than 20,000 square metres, with 4,860 square metres of buildings, so allow time to walk between the gate, theatre, Yuwang Hall and the White Bone Pagoda. The site is reached from Yichang in Yiling District.

The nanmu columns of the Yuwang Hall still carry the water marks of two Yangtze flood peaks, in 1860 and 1870, left on the timber itself. The hall was rebuilt in 1618, in the 46th year of the Wanli reign of the Ming dynasty, and measures 18.45 m across its five bays and 16.2 m deep, under a double-eaved hip-and-gable roof.