The Historical Origin of Linshui Palace

There is a cave called Linshui Cave. According to legend, there is a white snake lurking inside, which has hurt countless creatures. After Chen Jinggu beheaded the white snake, the king of Fujian named Chen Jinggu Mrs. Shunyi. And let the local officials build a mansion on the waterfront cave, giving 36 women to the officials and eating 300 households in Gutian County. This is the origin of the Waterfront Palace.

In the third year of Tiancheng in the late Tang Dynasty (AD 928), Chen Jinggu became pregnant, prayed for rain in Minjiang River and died for all the people. Therefore, Chen Jing's mansion became a holy land. Wang? He sent envoys to the Linshui Palace to offer sacrifices, bestowed the title of "Shunyi Temple" and named Chen Jinggu as "Mrs. Chongfu Zhao Hui Linshui", from which the Linshui Gong Zu began.

After reconstruction and expansion in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, the first year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1875) was destroyed by fire. In the second year, the fund-raising reconstruction in urban and rural areas lasted for three years, and it was grand and open, and it still exists today. Now it is a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit and an important project and place for cultural exchanges with Taiwan. It is also one of the most important places for Taoist activities in Fujian.