Wuzhou Longmu Temple
梧州龙母庙
One of the major ancestral temples of the Dragon Mother faith in the West River basin, built into a hillside with thriving incense. It overlooks the Gui River and holds grand fairs during the Dragon Mother festival.
Wuzhou Longmu Temple stands on Guibei Road on the east bank of the Gui River. It was first built in the early Northern Song dynasty and enshrines the 'Dragon Mother', widely worshipped across the West River basin. Together with the ancestral temple of the Dragon Mother at Yuecheng in Deqing, Guangdong, it is a centre of Dragon Mother culture, and it is a 4A-rated scenic area. The surviving halls are stacked up the hillside, with a mountain gate, a main hall, the Dragon Mother's sleeping chamber and a terrace for viewing the river. Incense is very popular, and worshippers from Hong Kong, Macau and the Guangdong-Hong Kong area often come to pay their respects. Around the 8th day of the fifth lunar month, the 'Dragon Mother's Birthday', there are grand temple fairs and processions. Entry costs about 10 yuan, and a visit takes about one hour. It is about 10 minutes on foot or by taxi from the arcade old town.
Opening hours
07:30–17:30
Nearby sights
- Wuzhou Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
- Wuzhou Qilou Arcade Town
- Hebin Park & Former British Consulate
- Wuzhou Museum
- Xijiang River & Yuanjiang Night Cruise
- Baiyun Mountain (Wuzhou)
- Canghai National Wetland Park
- Former Residence of Li Jishen