Zhouxuanlingwang Miao
Zhouxuanlingwang Miao, also called the Filial Piety Temple, stands at 18 Xiaying Street in Kecheng District, Quzhou. The temple faces west and consists of three successive halls: a gate hall, a main hall and a rear hall. The present buildings were rebuilt in the Ming dynasty and restored in the Qing dynasty.
The temple dates back many centuries and has long served as a place of worship and community gathering. It received official national recognition in 2013 as a major historical and cultural site, securing its preservation and significance to China's heritage.
The temple is also called the Filial Piety Temple (Xiaozi Miao), built to honour Zhou Xiong, a filial son said to have wept himself to death after his mother died. Its name links the site to the Confucian virtue of filial piety.
The temple stands at 18 Xiaying Street in the Kecheng District of Quzhou, Zhejiang. The building faces west, so visitors pass through the gate hall first, then the main hall, then the rear hall in that order. It is a protected national site, listed in the seventh batch in May 2013.
The temple honours Zhou Xiong, a filial son said to have wept himself to death after his mother died. Its alternate name, Xiaozimiao (Filial Son Temple), keeps that story in everyday use. The existing halls were rebuilt in the Ming dynasty and restored in the Qing, so the structure visitors see is not the original Southern Song building.
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