Louguantai information

Louguantai
Louguantai
楼观台寺
	Louguantai Temple
Religion
Affiliation	Taoism
Location
Location	Tayu village, Zhouzhi county, Shaanxi
Country	China
	Shown within China
Geographic coordinates	34°3′30″N 108°19′38″E / 34.05833°N 108.32722°E
Architecture
Style	Chinese architecture

The Louguantai Temple (Chinese: 楼观台寺), in Tayu village (塔峪村),^[1] Zhouzhi county, Shaanxi province, about 70 km west of Xi'an, is the place where tradition says that Laozi composed the Tao Te Ching.^[2]^[3]

Louguantai Temple.
Lao Tze statue.

The Daqin Pagoda is located less than one mile to the west of Louguantai.

^ Michael Keevak, The Story of a Stele: China's Nestorian Monument and Its Reception in the West, 1625-1916, ISBN 962-209-895-9, 2008
^ Martin Palmer, The Jesus Sutras: Rediscovering the Lost Religion of Taoist Christianity, ISBN 0-7499-2250-8, 2001
^ Leslie Camhi, Ruins of an Old Christian Church on Lao-Tzu's Turf, New York Times, 24 February 2002

[1] Michael Keevak, The Story of a Stele: China's Nestorian Monument and Its Reception in the West, 1625-1916, ISBN 962-209-895-9, 2008

[2] Martin Palmer, The Jesus Sutras: Rediscovering the Lost Religion of Taoist Christianity, ISBN 0-7499-2250-8, 2001

[3] Leslie Camhi, Ruins of an Old Christian Church on Lao-Tzu's Turf, New York Times, 24 February 2002

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