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Linshui Palace, Gutian 古田临水宫Gǔtián Línshuǐ Gōng
National heritage site · Ningde, Fujian
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Ningde
- Region
- Fujian
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Linshui Palace, Gutian
The founding temple of Chen Jinggu, Lady Linshui, a protective goddess of women, children and childbirth worshipped across Fujian, Taiwan and South-East Asia, in Daqiao town, Gutian. Founded around 792 and rebuilt after a fire in 1876–79, the hillside complex has a five-bay main hall with an opera stage and worship pavilion under carved octagonal ceilings in front, and side halls for her attendants and her mother. It is the centre of the Chen Jinggu cult, a national intangible heritage item, and receives pilgrims from more than 4,000 branch temples.
How to get to Linshui Palace, Gutian
In Daqiao town about 30 km by road from Gutian town.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Cuiping Lake 翠屏湖 (10 km).
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