Haikou >> Temple of Five Lords

Attraction Typ: Historic Site

Location: City Centre - Central

Recommend: 4 Star

Temple of Five Lords

Temple of Five Lords reputed as "Jade Terrace and Wonder Land" with its main hall honored as "The Number one tower" in Hainan Province.

Temple of Five Lords( Chinese:五公祠; pinyin: Wǔgōngcí) is a complex of five traditional temples and halls. It was built to commemorate the five historic figures who were banished to Hainan Province in Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty.

Five kilometers away from the center of Haikou City, Temple of Five Lords houses some rare cultural relics of Hainan Province such as the Forbidden Bell in Ming Dynasty, the ancient copper drum, and Xuande Stove of Li people. The main buildings of the hall are Guanjia Tang( Watching Crop Hall), Xuefu Tang( Studying Hall), Dongzhai(East Room), and Xizhai (West Room), unified with another scenic spot - Sugong Temple as a whole.

Temple of Five Lords has enjoyed the reputation of "Jade Terrace and Wonder Land" for a long time. The main hall, Watching Crop Hall, honored as "The Number one tower" in Hainan Province, is a red tower with black tilt, red pillar and green trees adding pleasure to each other.

In the east of the Temple of Five Lords, locates the Sugong Temple which was built to commemorate Su Shi, a famous litterateur in northern Song Dynasty. There is a stone statue of Su Shi in the temple while tablets of stones with inscriptions of his poems and essays can be found in the temple.

Inside the temple, clear spring and green garden make the temple tranquil and beauty. The spring was named Floating Millet Spring according its surface looking like seeds of millet. It has been flowing since the ancient times. People called it "The First Spring in Hainan Province".
Today the temple is a quiet place for couples and families to escape the city crowds.