Qingyang Gong temple, also called Green Ram / Goat Temple. Chengdu, China. Primeval Lord of Heaven in the Jade Clarity Realm

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One of the three main icons within the Hall of the Three Purities which is one of the major halls on the Qingyang Taoist temple site. The figure is The Primeval Lord of Heaven in the Jade Clarity Realm. Founded in the 9th century AD. Qingyang is a major centre of Taoism and of pilgrimage related to its founder Laozi who is said to have been recognised in re-incarnation as a boy leading goats through a market in Chengdu. The name Qingyang means green goat.

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Location: Qingyang Gong temple, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
Photo credit: © David Lyons / Alamy / Afripics
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