The Temple of the Sea is also known as the ‘Temple Palace’. The temple was built in the eighth year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty, costing 100,000 taels of silver. Its structure imitates the Taihe Hall of the Forbidden City, so it is known as the ‘Silver Throne Hall’. It is a rare classical palace-style building in the south of the Yangtze River. It was once destroyed by war. It was rebuilt in the eleventh year of Guangxu.
Now only the Qingcheng Bridge, the gate, the main hall, the stone archway, stone lions, and the imperial stele pavilion are preserved. The Temple of the Sea covers an area of 40 mu and has a grand scale and a strict architectural layout. The main buildings are distributed on three axes. The main axis is successively the Qingcheng Bridge, the etiquette gate, the gate, the main hall, the imperial stele pavilion, and the sleeping hall. On both sides of the square in front of the etiquette gate, there is a white marble archway. The main hall is a building with five bays and a double-eaved hip roof. The lower part is a white marble platform base. The side halls on the left and right are accompanied by sacrifices to the tide gods and water gods of past dynasties. The left axis is the Tianhou Palace; the right axis is the Wind God Temple, Narcissus Pavilion, etc. In the eleventh year of Xianfeng, some buildings were destroyed by war. It was rebuilt in the eleventh year of Guangxu. Now the Qingcheng Bridge, the etiquette gate, the main hall, the white marble stone archway, and the imperial stele still exist.The opening hours are from 08:30 to 17:00 all year round.
