Purple Cloud Temple
The Zixiao Palace or Purple Cloud Temple, standing on Zhanqi Peak, is a Taoist temple of the Wudang Mountains Taoist complex in the northwestern part of Hubei, China.- Type: Place of worship
- Description: building in Hubei, China
- Also known as: “Purple Heaven Palace”, “Zixiao Palace”, and “Zixiao Taoist Temple”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wudang Mountains and Nanyan Temple.
Wudang Mountains
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Not to be confused with Beiwudang Mountain Scenic Area. Among the mountains, there are numerous strangely-shaped rocks. A 10,000-jin "turtle rock" stands precariously on the cliff edge.
Nanyan Temple
Place of worship
Photo: Gisling, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Nanyan Temple is a temple in Wudang Mountains, Danjiangkou, Hubei, China. It is known as the place where Emperor Zhen Wu found Taoism and flew to heaven. Nanyan Temple is situated 1¼ km west of Purple Cloud Temple.
Purple Cloud Temple
- Categories: Taoist temple and religion
- Location: Shiyan, Hubei, South-central China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.4266° or 32° 25′ 36″ northLongitude
111.02306° or 111° 1′ 23″ eastOpen location code
8P4HC2GF+J6OpenStreetMap ID
way 920937523OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q2594708
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Indonesian—“Purple Cloud Temple” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “紫霄宫”
- Chinese: “紫霄宮”
- French: “palais Zixiao”
- French: “Palais Zixiao”
- German: “Purpurwolken-Palast im Wudang-Gebirge”
- German: “Wudangshan Zixiao Gong”
- German: “Wudangshan Zixiaogong”
- German: “Zixiao gong”
- Indonesian: “Kuil Awan Ungu”
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Highlights include 紫霄殿 and Thunder God Temple.
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