Successor of Han Celestial Master's Mansion: The millennial atmosphere of the ancestral home of Taoism 🏯

The Successor of Han Dynasty Heavenly Master Mansion: The Millennium Atmosphere of the Taoist Ancestral Temple The Successor of Han Dynasty Heavenly Master Mansion is an important part of the Longhu Mountain Ancient Buildings Complex, which is one of the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units. It is located in Shangqing Town under Longhu Mountain in Guixi City, Yingtan, Jiangxi Province. It is the location of the 15th Taoist Cave Heaven and the 32nd Blessed Land. It is the ancestral temple of the Zhengyi School of Taoism and the Longhu Sect. The Heavenly Master Mansion was first built in the fourth year of Chongning in the Northern Song Dynasty. It was a private residence built by Zhang Jixian, the 30th Heavenly Master granted by Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty. It was the place where the Heavenly Masters of all generations lived and worshipped gods. It was originally called Zhenxian Temple. In the Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan conferred the title of the 36th Heavenly Master Zhang Zongyan as "Successor of Han Dynasty Heavenly Master", so the Heavenly Master Mansion was called "Successor of Han Dynasty Heavenly Master Mansion"; in the eighth year of Dade in the Yuan Dynasty (1304), Emperor Chengzong of Yuan Dynasty conferred the title of the 38th Heavenly Master Zhang Yucai as "Zhengyi Sect Master, concurrently in charge of the Three Mountains Talismans", and managed the Taoism in Jiangnan. At the beginning of the Hongwu reign of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang changed the title of the 42nd Heavenly Master Zhang Zhengchang to "Zhengyi Successor True Man", and changed the "Si Han Heavenly Master's Mansion" to "Zhengyi True Man's Mansion", ordered Zhang Tianshi to "forever manage the Taoist affairs of the world", and granted 15 taels of white gold to build the Heavenly Master's Mansion on the current site. In the seventh year of Emperor Xianfeng's reign (1857), the Heavenly Master's Mansion was destroyed by the war of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and was later rebuilt. In the 16th year of the Republic of China (1927), it was restored to its original name "Si Han Heavenly Master's Mansion". Most of the ancient buildings in the current Heavenly Master's Mansion are those seen in the late Qing Dynasty, mainly including Sansheng Hall, Sidi Gate, Gongbao House, Guangyuanzhai, Lingquan Well, and the Renjing True Man Monument and Bronze Bell of the Yuan Dynasty.