Taiqing Palace is located on the hidden mountain 5 kilometers east of the county seat. Built in the eighth year of Yan Xi in the Eastern Han Dynasty (165), it was originally named Laozi Temple. In the third year of Tang Gaozu Wude (629), Li Yuan recognized Laozi as his ancestor and took Laozi Temple as his ancestral temple. In 666, in the first year of Tang Ganfeng, Laozi was honored as the "Tai Shang Huang Xuanyuan" and built the Purple Pole Palace. In the first year of Tang Guang Palace (684), Wu Zetian recognized Laozi's mother as "after the Emperor" and built a "Cave Palace" to worship her. In the second year of Tianbao in Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (743), Amethyst Palace was changed to "Taiqing Palace".
Taiqing Palace is divided into a front palace and a rear palace, separated by Xu Li, bounded by the "Jinghe River" and connected by the Huixian Bridge on the river. The front palace lives in the main road, and the rear palace lives in Kun Road. The former imperial harem occupied 720 temples and more than 600 pavilions. The front palace stands at the meridian gate, and the imperial road is straight. The courtyard is centered on Taijitang, surrounded by Qiyuan Hall, Wuyue Hall, Nandou Hall, Wuwu Hall and Jingge Hall. There is a statue of Laozi in Taijitang. There is a copper-cast Bagua blast furnace in front of the hall, and there is an iron column on the side of the hall. It is said that it is Laozi's "whipping the mountain" and it is also a historical symbol of Laozi as a column. There is a well in the east of the temple, which is said to be the place where I bathed in Kowloon when I was born, so it is called "Kowloon Well". The stone tablet in the courtyard is carved into a forest, which looks solemn.
Taiqing Palace was destroyed by fire at the end of the Tang Dynasty and was in ruins. Reconstruction in Song Dynasty. In the seventh year of Emperor Dazhong of Song Dynasty (10 14), Zhenzong visited the Taiqing Palace, held a large number of sacrificial ceremonies, and inscribed the imperial book "Ode to the Congenital Empress Dowager" on the east side of the palace to expand the temple. At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, Taiqing Palace was destroyed by fire. It was rebuilt in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties. In the 15th year of Yuan Dynasty (1335), Han Liner proclaimed himself emperor in Bozhou, and ordered the Taiqing Palace to be demolished and transported to Bozhou to build it. In the seventh year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1579), the Taiqing Palace was renovated again. In the seventeenth year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (1678), it was rebuilt by Daosheng and others, and it was completed in seven years. In modern times, it was destroyed by war. Now, there are only the Taiji Hall in the former palace, the Three Notre Dames Hall in the later palace, the doll hall and the Tang, Song, Jin, Yuan and Qing monuments.
Laojuntai, located in the northeast corner of the county seat, is the place where Laozi ascended to become an immortal, so it was originally named "Ascending to Sendai" and "worshiping Sendai". In the sixth year of Song Dynasty (10 13), it was renamed "Laojuntai". The platform is13m high and covers an area of 706m. The whole platform is made of ancient bricks, surrounded by 24 planes in a cylindrical shape, and a fence 70 cm high is built around the platform, similar to a city wall. There are three halls on the stage, one is the East Hall and the other is the West Hall. There is an original bronze statue of Laozi in the main hall, which is two meters high and beautifully cast. Under the eaves of the temple gate, there is a tablet embedded in the east and west, with the words "the true source of morality" and "the remains of Youlong" written on it. On the east side of the mountain gate, there is an original iron column, seven feet high and seven inches in diameter, standing abruptly and silently. There are 32 floors of bluestone steps under the gate, plus one floor of the main hall, which is exactly 33 floors, to symbolize the saying that Laozi has soared for 33 days.
China Taoist Dictionary (Beijing: China Social Sciences Press, 1995) (China Social Sciences Press, 1995 edition), article 1667- 1668 "Laojuntai".