The White Dragon Temple is located at the northern foot of Jingshan Mountain, south of Huangtian Village, Huangtang Town, Danyang City, Jiangsu Province. The construction date is unknown. Initially, it was the Long Ancestral Temple of Pengshan. In the first year of Jiatai in the Song Dynasty (1201), the emperor bestowed the name ‘Xianji Temple’. There is a miraculous dragon pool in the temple, which is connected to mountain springs and never dries up all year round. At that time, a person surnamed Rong in the county bought more than 170 mu of land to build the temple. It was destroyed in the tenth year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (1860) and rebuilt in the ninth year of Tongzhi (1870), and renamed ‘White Dragon Temple’. In 1897 and 1898, it was rebuilt twice, and was bestowed with the inscription ‘Benefiting the Common People’. Originally, the temple had three entrances and one courtyard. The front entrance had five large rooms. The middle entrance had three large rooms, with statues of the Four Heavenly Kings on both sides and a statue of Tathagata Buddha in the middle. The back entrance had five rooms, among which there was the Dragon King Hall. There were three plaques hanging on the beams of the hall, and there were bells and drums on both sides. The drum diameter was about four feet. The White Dragon Temple pool is placed in the center of the courtyard. The pool is surrounded by a wall, and there are three stone tablets built into the wall. In front of the temple, there is a shed across the street for passing travelers to take a short rest. In 1942, most of the temple buildings were demolished by the Japanese army. After liberation, only the back entrance and the White Dragon Pool remained. In 1979, all the temple buildings were demolished and a primary school was built. Today, only the temple pool remains. The specific business hours and opening status are subject to the opening situation on that day.
