CIIC:Today's featured article/May 24, 2010

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Qingyang Gong

The Qingyang Gong (青羊宫Green Goat Palace) is in a southwestern suburb of Chengdu, Sichuan Province.

The Green Goat Palace's name is associated with Daoist (Taoist) legend. In the Imperial Biography of the King of Shu by Yang Xiong of the Western Han Dynasty, Yang wrote: "Lao Zi wrote the Dao de jing (Tao Te Ching) for Yin Xi, the guardian at Hangu Pass. When Lao Zi left, he told Yin Xi, 'After you have practiced Daoism for a thousand days, come to look for me at Qingyang in Chengdu.'" (More...)