[2025 Wuhan Attraction] Travel Guide for Changchun Guan (Updated Mar)

Changchun Temple in Wuhan is located on the south slope of Shuangfeng Mountain in the northeast corner of Wuchang Dadongmen. It was first built in the Yuan Dynasty and rebuilt again during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty and the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty (1661-1722). It is known as the "Great Blessing Place in Jiangnan" of Taoism. The Taoist "Quanzhen Sect" is worshipped in Changchun Temple. It is named after the Taoist name "Changchunzi" of Qiu Chuji, a disciple of Wang Chongyang, the founder of Quanzhen Sect. This Qiu Chuji is the famous "Qiu Daochang" in Jin Yong's works. Changchun Temple faces south and has a quiet scenery around it. The buildings in the temple are built against the mountain. There are three roads of buildings: left, middle and right. The main buildings of Changchun Temple are distributed on the axis of the middle road, including the official hall (mountain gate), Taiqing Hall, Qizhen Hall, Huixian Bridge, Sanhuang Hall, etc. The west axis has Lu Zu Hall, Daozang Pavilion, etc., and the east road has Jiazi Hall, etc. When visiting Changchun Temple, you can walk along the central axis and the signs in the temple. The Qizhen Hall is the main hall of the temple, which contains the statues of "Eternal Spring Master" Qiu Chuji and several other brothers. The prototypes of these statues have appeared in Mr. Jin Yong's martial arts novel "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". In addition to the main buildings, the "three wonders" in the temple are places that cannot be missed when visiting. On the stone wall at the entrance of the Zongren Hall in the temple, there is an "Astronomical Panorama", one of the "three wonders", inlaid with the Taoist "Twenty-Eight Constellations Sky Map", which reflects the astronomical concept in Taoist thought. The Daozang Pavilion on the axis of the west road is also one of the "three wonders". It is a Taoist building with European architecture as the main body. Its eaves have traditional floral decorations made of cement "stacked sculptures". This is because Hou Yongde, the "host" of Changchun Temple in the late Qing Dynasty, was originally a general. Another "wonder" is the stone inscription "Gantang" written by Emperor Qianlong in front of the Daozang Pavilion. This is one of the few imperial inscriptions in Taoist buildings. In the Lv Zu Temple on the west axis, there are the reclining statues of Lv Dongbin and the "Five Hundred Spiritual Officials", which were moved here from the original site of the Yellow Crane Tower due to the construction of the Yangtze River Bridge. During the Spring Festival every year, there is a temple fair at Changchun Temple, during which the number of visitors will increase significantly.