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Places Of Worship In Wuhan

According to archeological discoveries, the Panlong Ruins on the suburb of Wuhan City was the Place of Fang State in Shang dynasty. It is the only ancient city ruins found in Yangtze River valley. In Three Kingdom Period, Sunquan, the emperor of Wu State, established its capital in Echeng and renamed the city as Wuchang with the meaning of “becoming prosperous due to military.” At that time, it was a battlefield with military significance. In Ming dynasty, the three towns of Wuhan came into being. With the development of industry and commerce, Hanyang Town became one of the four famous towns in China at that time.
 
In the following periods, Wuhan witnessed a lot of historical events. For instance, Lin Zexu put bans on opium trade in Wuhan; the Taiping Army defeated Qing Army in Wuhan. What’s more, in 1911, Xinhai Revolution broke out and overthrown the Qing government.
 
In May 16th 1949, Wuhan was liberated and 8 days later the city government was established. In 1986, Wuhanwas designated as a historical and cultural city by State Council.
 
Church (Catholic & Christian) in Wuhan
 
Christian Wuchang Church 
Address: No.221,Min Zhu Road,Wuchang District(Beside the bookstore)
Tel:027-88877807
 
Wunchang Church
 
Christian Qingshan Church 
Address: No.25,Yan Gang Road,Qing Shan District
Tel: 027-86304001
 
Qingshan Church
 
Chongzhen Church 
Address:No.44,Ge Jia Ying Road, Wuchang District
Tel: 027-8876559
 
Chongzhen Church
 
Rong Guang Church 
Address: No.26,Huang Shi Road, Jiang’an District
Tel: 027-82835484
 
Rong Guang Church
 
Catholic church 
Address:No.16,Shanghai Road,Jiang’an District
 
Catholic Church
 
Eastern Orthodox Church 
No.48,Boyang Street,Jiang’an District
 
Eastern Orthodox Church
 
Huangyuashan Christian Church 
No.2,Huayuanshan,Wuchang District
 
Huangyuashan Church
 
Christian Church (Xianzheng Church) 
No.163,Xianzheng Street,Hanyang District
 
Buddhist Temples in Wuhan
 
Guiyuan Buddist Temple 
Guiyuan Buddhist Temple is also called Guiyuan Zen Temple. It stands first among the Four Buddhist Monasteries of Wuhan (the other three are Baotong Zen Temple, Gude Buddhist Temple and Zhengjue Buddhist Temple). It is located on Cuiwei Road of Hanyang District in Wuhan, the largest city in inland China.
 
Guiyuan Buddhist Temple covers an area of 4.67 hectares. It is known for its perfect buildings, ingenious sculptures and rich collections. Many foreign tourists have successively visited the temple to view and admire it, including important political figures from other countries, such as King Sihanouk of Kampuchea, the American Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the former Prime Minister of Singapore Li Guangyao, and the Japanese Prime Minister Nakasone Yasuhiro. 
 
Taoist (Daoist) Temples in Wuhan
 
Changchun Taoist Temple
Located outside the great eastern gate of Wuchang, Wuhan City, the Changchun Taoist Temple adjoins Huhelou in the west and Baota of Hongshan in the east, where the surroundings are quite beautiful. This area used to be covered with green pines, so it was called "island of pines". During the reign of Genghis Khan, Emperor Taizu of the Yuan dynasty, patriarch Qiu Chuji of the Dragon Gate Sect of the Complete Perfection Tradition came here and built a temple to cultivate Dao. As his literary name was "eternal spring", the name was called "Changchun Taoist Temple" by people of later generations. The temple became the most famous Daoist temple in Hubei. It had several hundred houses, several thousand devotees, and a large quantity of pilgrims. In the first Xianfeng year of the Qing dynasty (1851), the Changchun Taoist Temple was destroyed in wars. In the third Tongzhi year (1864), He Hechun, the master of the sixteenth generation of the Dragon Gate Sect of the Complete Perfection Tradition came here from Mt. Wudang. He managed to rebuild the Changchun Taoist Temple in the style of the Ming dynasty. 
 
Mosques (Masjid) in Wuhan
 
Wuhan Qiyimen Mosque 
The Wuhan Qiyimen Mosque was first built in the early age of Qing Dynasty(1644-1911). It was rebuilt for many times. The temple used to be a large and grand temple. In the Guangxu Period, the temple covered an area of 2,300 square meters.
 
Now the existing temple is smaller than before. The major constructions are two buildings, three stone steles and an old well. The prayer hall is in the second floor of one building.
 
Address: 67 Qiyi Street, Wuchang, Wuhan 
 
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