Qingxu Taoist Temple
清虚观
A Tang-dynasty Taoist temple on East Street in the old town, now the Pingyao Ancient City Museum, with a Yuan-dynasty Dragon and Tiger Hall and stone steles from successive dynasties.
Qingxu Temple sits on East Street near Xiadongmen (Lower East Gate). It was first built in the second year of the Xianqing era of the Tang dynasty, and its surviving halls include the Dragon and Tiger Hall, the Hall of the Three Pure Ones and the Chunyang Palace. The Dragon and Tiger Hall is a Yuan-dynasty structure, and inside it stand tall statues of the Azure Dragon and the White Tiger. The temple now doubles as the Pingyao Ancient City Museum, displaying stone steles, folk customs and Pingyao’s Tuiguang lacquerware, among other exhibits. It is included in the old town combined ticket and lies on the east side of the old city, so it pairs well with a climb onto the city wall at Xiadongmen.
Opening hours
08:00–18:30 (until 18:00 in winter)
Nearby sights
- Pingyao Film Palace
- North China No.1 Escort Agency Museum
- Pingyao City God Temple
- Xietongqing Exchange House
- Pingyao Confucian Temple
- Baichuantong Exchange House
- Rishengchang Exchange House
- Pingyao City Wall