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虹庙，上海道教正一教派主要道观之一。位于南京东路496号，坐北朝南，砖木结构，占地672平方米。
虹庙，建于明万历年间，原名“汀沟庙”。清康熙六十一年，按照道教传统将内外墙面悉用紫红色刷新，故称之为“红庙”，也称“虹庙”，嘉庆年间又称保安司徒庙。庙内有观音宝殿、星宿殿、关帝殿、城隍殿、猛将堂、土地堂等。除观音宝殿曾在清光绪二十六年（1900年）毁于大火而重建之外，其他的均为明代建筑。
鸦片战争后，由于南京路的日益发展与繁荣，虹庙一直是上海香火最盛的庙观之一。近代，虹庙以慈善事业闻名：夏令施诊给药，冬令施衣施棺。信众游客对红庙一直虔诚有加，香火不绝。
虹庙在国际上也有相当的影响。三十年代就有外国游客这样说：“虹庙是上海最有名气的中国庙宇。”解放后，虹庙曾多次接待过国际宗教代表团。
1966年由于种种原因，虹庙被停止了一切宗教活动，庙舍也被移作他用。
2006年，上海海联置业有限公司租赁了虹庙。通过对年久失修的濒危建筑的保护与精心修缮，打造成了现在的上海虹庙艺术空间。
Hong Miao is one of the major Taoist Temples of Zhengyi Sect of Shanghai Taoism, which locates at 496 East Nanjing Road and faces the south, it is of brick and wood structure and covers an area of 672㎡.
Hong Miao was build in Wanli Years of Ming Dynasty, used to be called “Tinggou Temple”. In the 61st Year of Kangxi Years of Qing Dynasty, the inner and outer wall was painted purple according to Taoism tradition, which was the origin of the name “Hong Miao(means the red temple in Chinese)”, or “Hong Miao(means the rainbow temple in Chinese)”, also called Baoan Situ Miao in Jiaqing Years of Qing Dynasty. There are Kuan-yin Palace, Constellation Hall, Guan Yu Hall, The Old City God’s Hall, Fighting General Hall, Landlord Hall in Hong Miao, all of which were built in Ming Dynasty, except for the Kuan-yin Palace which was rebuilt after a fire in the 26th Guangxu Years of Qing Dynasty(1900).
Hong Miao has been the most worshiped temples in Shanghai after the Opium War as a result of the prosperity of Nanjing Road. In recent times, Hong Miao is famous for charity affais, giving medical services and medicine at summertime and giving out clothes and coffins at wintertime. Followers and visitors have been loyal t the temple and oblations are always given to it.
Hong Miao enjoys great fame internationally, too. A foreign visitor used to say that Hong Miao was the most famous Chinese temple in Shanghai. And after liberation, Hong Miao had received many foreign religion touring parties.
But because different reasons, Hong Miao was forced to stop all religious activities and the building was changed to other uses.
In 2006, Shanghai Hailian Real Estate Co. Ltd. Rented Hong Miao and made it into Hong Miao Art Space as what we see here after careful preservation and remedy of the long abolished dangerous buildings. |
