Wang Yangming Memorial Temple, Qing Dynasty temple in Yunyan District, Guiyang, China

Wang Yangming Memorial Temple is a Qing-era ancestral hall on the southern slope of Fufeng Mountain in Yunyan District, Guiyang. Built in 1814, it is a west-facing courtyard complex arranged along the hillside, with a main hall at the highest point and covered galleries linking the two courtyards. The hall holds a white marble seated statue of Wang Yangming and a stele bearing his court-robed portrait.

The temple was built in 1814 to honor Wang Shouren, a Ming Dynasty philosopher whose teachings connected knowledge and action as one. His ideas profoundly shaped how Chinese thinkers approached philosophy and practice for generations.

The temple keeps Wang Yangming's writings in stone: the courtyard holds a stele with a poem by Japanese scholar Mishima Ken, sent in 1904 by seven Japanese teachers who had visited Wang's Longgang retreat. Inside, the hall displays his essay 'Xiangci Ji' and the 'Yulü Wen', while covered walkways carry calligraphy by Wang himself and tributes from later writers.

The temple stands on the southern slope of Fufeng Mountain in Yunyan District, next to Fufeng Temple and facing Yin Daozhen Shrine. It is reached by Metro Line 2 at Yangming Ci Station. The complex is entered from the west and rises with the hill, so expect steps between courtyards.

The temple is part of a larger complex of historical buildings that includes several other religious sites beyond the main temple. These different structures show how religious and philosophical spaces were connected in Chinese architectural design.