According to the "Book of Jin", "Linxiang Mountain Records" and "Changsha County Records", Tao Gong Temple was built in 505. Tao Gong Temple is located on the main street of Langli Town, Changsha County. In the Han Dynasty, Langli belonged to Linxiang County (now Changsha). Langli Town is located on the bank of Liuyang River, on the outskirts of the city, with a unique natural environment; and Tao Gong Temple is surrounded by mountains and water, with a quiet environment in the bustling city, making it a good place for reading, meditation and enlightenment. (In the fourth year of Tianjian in the Liang Dynasty of the Southern Dynasty), 1506 years ago, it was built by local scholars and people who admired the reputation and virtue of Tao Dan and Tao Xuan. Tao Dan and Tao Xuan were uncle and nephew. They abandoned their homes to practice Taoism and built a hut in Linxiang Mountain, Langli. Later, they became immortals and became flesh-and-blood bodhisattvas who cared about the people's livelihood and responded to all requests. Tao Gong Temple is famous for this. Taogong Temple was originally a thatched hut, and was subsequently renovated and expanded in successive dynasties, especially during the reigns of Emperor Qianlong and Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty. Today, it covers an area of 5,300 square meters and has a construction area of 2,000 square meters. It is a huge complex of buildings consisting of a mountain gate, a theater, stone steps, a main hall, and side halls. The entire building shows the superb skills of ancient Chinese architects. Whether it is the ridge, claw corners, screen wall, wall top, light beam, hanging eaves, skirting, railings, brackets, doors and windows, they are all decorated with a variety of artistic techniques such as stacking, carving, and painting, making them look magnificent and antique. Among the temple fairs in urban and rural areas of Hunan in the old days, Taogong Temple Fair was one of the largest and most influential temple fairs, and this tradition has continued to this day. Wang Changnian, a famous scholar in the Qing Dynasty, wrote a couplet for the stage of Taogong Temple: "Four hundred and eighty temples have been reduced to ashes, and the incense is still burning. Only the clothes and hats of the Jin Dynasty are left, and the hermit gods and immortals are worthy of being passed down; 36,000 performances are nothing but plays. There are many good days in spring and autumn, and it is good to perform characters from all dynasties, and the loyal, treacherous and evil can be clearly seen." It also shows that the Taogong Temple Fair should also have a place in the temple fairs in ancient China. In the old days, the government welcomed and sent off the Bodhisattvas when they were carried out in the temple fairs. In 1688 (the 26th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign), Hunan suffered a severe drought. Zhao Shenqiao, the governor of Hunan, went to the Taogong Temple in Langli to welcome the Bodhisattva Tao Gong to the city to pray for rain. After the ceremony, it really "suddenly rained heavily, and the water was a foot high." Therefore, since the construction of the temple, Taogong Temple has been valued and protected by successive dynasties. In the second year of Emperor Xianfeng's reign (1852), the Qing court first conferred Tao Dan as Fuyou Zhenren and Tao Xuan as Fuyou Zhenren. In the 11th year of the Tongzhi reign (1872), he was given the titles of "Zhaoxian" and "Lingying" respectively, and an imperial decree was issued to include Tao Gong's temple in the list of spring and autumn sacrifices of the Ministry of Rites. Tao Dan (Jin Dynasty) Tao Dan, with the courtesy name Chujing, was the grandson of Taiwei Kan. His father, Xia, was dismissed for immorality. Dan was an orphan at a young age, and liked the art of guidance and nurturing, saying that he could pray to the way of immortality. When he was fifteen or sixteen, he took a diet and abstained from food, and did not marry. His family had accumulated thousands of gold coins, and there were hundreds of servants and servants. Dan was always attentive and never asked questions. He liked to read the Book of Changes and was good at divination. He built a hut in the Linxiang Mountain in Changsha and raised a white deer as his mate. When relatives and friends waited for him, they would move across the stream, so no one could get close to him. When the state selected a scholar, Dan heard about it, so he fled to the Luoxian Pi Mountain and never returned for the rest of his life. No one knows where he ended up. ......more>>>Tao Dan (Jin Dynasty) Tao Dan, with the courtesy name Chujing, was the grandson of Taiwei Kan. His father, Xia, was deposed for being immoral. Dan was an orphan at a young age. He liked the art of guidance and said that he could pray for immortality. At the age of fifteen or sixteen, he began to eat and fast, and never married. His family was worth thousands of gold, and there were hundreds of servants and servants. Dan was always attentive and never asked questions. He was quite fond of reading the Book of Changes and was good at divination. He built a hut in the Linxiang Mountain in Changsha and raised a white deer as his mate. When relatives and friends came to wait for him, they would move across the stream so that no one could get close to him. When the state selected a scholar, Dan heard about it and fled to the Pi Mountain in Luo County. He never returned for the rest of his life and no one knew where he ended up. ......more>>> (Jin Dynasty) Tao Dan, whose courtesy name was Chujing, was the grandson of Taiwei Kan. His father, Xia, was deposed for being immoral. Dan was an orphan at a young age. He liked the art of guidance and said that he could pray for immortality. At the age of fifteen or sixteen, he began to eat and fast, and never married. His family was worth thousands of gold, and there were hundreds of servants and servants. Dan was always attentive and never asked questions. He was quite fond of reading the Book of Changes and was good at fortune-telling. He built a hut in the Linxiang Mountains in Changsha and raised a white deer as his mate. When relatives and friends came to wait for him, he would move across the stream and no one could get close to him. He was selected as a scholar by the state, but he was indifferent to the news, so he fled to the Luoxianbi Mountain and never returned. No one knows where he ended up. ......More>>>