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			<h1><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Baiyun Guan </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">白云观</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
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					Temple of Founder Qiu 邱祖殿</font></h1>
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							<td><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Above, the beams supporting the ceiling are decorated with clouds and flowers. Below, the paintings above the doorway include a pair of playful dragons, flowers, and the ends of the beams shown at the top are painted with Buddha's eye.</font>
								<p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Temple of Founder Qiu </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">邱祖殿</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> was built in 1443 under the reign of Emperor Yingzong during the Ming Dynasty.  It was first named Yangqing Temple </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">衍庆殿</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">, and then Zhenji Temple </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">贞寂堂</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">.  Later, the name was changed to Qiuzu Dian </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">邱祖殿</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (Qiūzǔ Diàn), the Temple of Founder Qiu since it was dedicated to his memory.  In addition to the wall sculptures, the temple features a large wooden bowl in the center called the Ying Bowl </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">瘿钵</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">. It was given by Emperor Qianlong </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">乾隆</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (Qiánlóng, 1711–1799) of the Qing Dynasty.  It is said that the remains of Qiu Chuji (Qiu Changchun) are buried beneath it.  Emperor Qianlong promised that if the temple were ever in trouble, all they had to do was bring the bowl to the palace and it would be filled with all the provisions they would need to survive.</font></p>
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