The Dragon Gate located on the Western Hills. It consists of the Sanqing temple Complex and the Dragon Gate Grotto Complex. The buildings of the Sanqing Daoist Temple are arranged in nine tiers: They are the Lingguan Hall, the Chunyang Pavilion, The Sanqing Hall, the Yuhuang Temple, the Taiqing Palace, the Zhenwu Hall, the Luzu Temple, the Qishen Temple, the Linxiao Pavilion, the Laojun Pavilion and the Taiji palace. The Dragon Gate Grotto Complex, on the other hand, includes Langhaichu, the Ciyun Cave, the Yunhua Cave and the Datian Pavilion.

The Sanqing Temple Complex was first built in the Yuan Dynasty as a summer resort for Liang Wang-the governor of Yunnan at that time. Opposite to it is the Lingguan Hall in which stands the statue of Wanglingguan. Going up along the steps, one enters the dragon Gate Grotto Complex. It consists of 3 parts: a stone archway, a platform, a stone room and a number of sculptures, all carved out of the same rock. It is both the summit of the grotto and the highlight of the grotto as well.

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