Located on the south bank of the Grand Canal, Soohe Town in Suqian City is an ancient town that thrives on water transportation. At the same time, because it is located on the bank of the canal, it also suffers from flooding all year round. During the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, a dragon king temple was built at the south entrance of Soohe Town. When Emperor Kangxi went down to the south of the Yangtze River, he was stationed here and ordered the expansion of the Dragon King Temple, so there was a "construction of the Anlan Dragon King Temple".
Later, the Qianlong Emperor went to the south of the Yangtze River six times, stationed here five times, and built a pavilion and a monument, and the Dragon King Temple was also rebuilt into the Qianlong Palace. After the expansion of the three dynasties of Kang Yongqian, the Longwang Temple at this time became the northern official-style building complex of the Sanjin Courtyard. Now the Longwang Temple has become the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
The Longwang Temple Palace was classified into the Longyun City Scenic Area, and when this trip was searching, due to the urgency of time, I was not able to go in to visit. Through drone aerial photography, it took off from the embankment of Miaobei River, but because of the lack of power, it almost couldn't fly back.
The building layout of the Longwang Temple is symmetrical, the axis is distinct, there are 15 palaces, and the buildings on the central axis are distinct. The whole building complex is composed of six parts, and the southernmost part is the ancient theater building. The center of the first courtyard is the imperial tablet pavilion built by the order of Emperor Qianlong. The second courtyard is the center of the whole building, and the main building is the "Dragon King Palace", also known as the "Green Tile Palace", and the two sides correspond to the east and west side halls. The third courtyard is the last courtyard of the Longwang Temple, and it is also the bedroom of the Qianlong Emperor, and the buildings on the horizontal axis of the intersection of the second and third courtyards are the Lingguan Hall and the East and West Palace. (Su 200, the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units, November 9, 2023)
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