Chongru Temple, constructed in the fourth year of the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty (1576), is a temple dedicated to the founder of the Taizhou School and the master of the School of Mind, Wang Gen. The temple originally had three axes: east, central, and west, with the western part consisting of four sections of the temple and the eastern and western parts each having three sections of auxiliary rooms, followed by a garden. The first section features the main gate with the stone tablet ‘Chongru Temple’ inscribed above it, stone drums on either side of the gate, and eight-character walls on both sides. The second section is the ‘Liben Hall’, the third section is the ‘Le Xue Hall’, both of which are Ming Dynasty architecture. On the eastern corridor wall, there is a stone stele from the seventh year of the Wanli era, ‘Xinqi Xiansheng Ci Tang’, which was moved from the west wall of the second section. The western corridor wall has a fragmentary stele written by Li Chunfang, which was unearthed during the reconstruction. The fourth section, the ‘Xianren Hall’, houses a newly sculpted bust of Wang Gen and a newly engraved marble ‘Le Xue Ge’, displaying information about Wang Gen’s life, philosophical viewpoints, and members of the Taizhou School. Open from January 1st to December 31st, 08:30 to 17:00 daily.
Chongru Temple
Chongru Temple, constructed in the fourth year of the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty (1576), is a tem[...]
