Introduce
Shangqing Palace is on green cloud peak of the peak on mountain of 4 kilometers of Mang of the Northwest, Luoyang, established in the Tang Dynasty, called the old monarch the temple for the first time. The universe seals in the first year of an era (A.D. 666) ,Chase copies of I for profound yuans of emperor very much, also call profound yuans of Emperor s temple.
Later, because avoid profound cases of forbidden word, rename as Emperor Yuanyuan temple, and then rename as Shangqing Palace. Large-scale at that time, the palace was towering, there are stone horses of stone lion at the door, it is holy to draw inside The mural painting that Wu Daozi makes is very brilliant and grand.
The past dynasties scholar has left many treasured scrolls such as Du Fu to supports and embroiders the family in the mountains and rivers in Shangqing Palace, carve the roof beam near in life Famous verse. This temple is destroyed on the gold dollar, the 14th year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1535) Rebuild, because mountain high wind loud, turn small tile of top of the palace into the large-scale glaze tile (commonly called as the glazed tiles) ,The iron tile is put in the ridge, so call audience hall the iron tile coloured glaze hall, several tiles of iron while remaining it in the temple today.
The earthquake of the 34th year of Jiajing, the hall was destroyed, thereafter went through dynasties such as Kang Xi, Yong Zheng,etc. to rebuild. The temple after building, 500 meters of north and south, 300 meters of things, there are doors of play building, mountaining, one, two, three halls and wing-rooms of side hall in a palace or temple,etc.
. It s a pity the period of war of resistance demolishes for Japanese invader s plane. There are mountain doors, the cave dwelling (green cloud hole) now Count one with mixing the room, there are three emperor s pavilions of jade on the green cloud hole.