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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>
						White Cloud Temple<br>
							San Qing Temple 三清阁<br>
					Shangqing Lingbao, 上清灵宝天尊</font></h1>
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							<td><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The second floor of the Temple of Four Emperors </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">四御殿</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> was added in the first year of the reign of the Kangxi Emperor (</font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">康熙帝</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">, Kāngxīdì) of the Qing Dynasty. Although historically the Kangxi Emperor reigned from 1661 to 1722, his reign officially started in the New Year, February 1662. Many additions to the Baiyun Guan were made in 1662.</font>
								<p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The second floor is devoted to the San Qing Temple (</font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">三清阁</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Sān Qīng Gé) and contains statues of the three highest deities in Daoism. The three statues were made over two hundred years earlier, during the Xuande era (1425–1435) of the Ming Dynasty. They were probably made in 1428 at the time of construction of the original temple. That was in the third year of the reign of Emperor Xuanzong </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">宣宗</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (1398-1435). The statues were made with a dry paint varnish added to ramie, a type of hemp. The procedure created vivid colors that have not been retouched to this day. The statues are about seven feet tall and are in the sitting position.</font></p>
								<p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The San Qing Temple (</font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">三清阁</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Sān Qīng Gé)  is translated by Baiyun Guan as San Qing because it is very difficult to convey the meaning of Qing.  The word means clear, bright, peaceful and in context refers to celestial perfection and power.  For students of Chinese, </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">阁, </font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Gé - means &quot;hall.&quot; not temple.</font></p>
								<p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The statue shown on this page is on the left side of the temple. It is the deity Shangqing Lingbao, </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">上清灵宝天尊</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (Shàngqīng Língbǎo Tiānzūn). The Lingbao Deity came to earth to create the land and sky to prepare the earth for human beings. The Lingbao deity gives off yellow <em>qi</em>, a Daoist concept of life force. </font></p>
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