Tongjue Temple in Taicang City was first built during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, and it has a history of nearly six hundred years

It is said that Emperor Jianwen once took refuge here and planted a ginkgo tree. Tongjue Temple in Taicang City was first built during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, and it has a history of nearly six hundred years. It is said that Emperor Jianwen once took refuge here and planted a ginkgo tree (now in Tongjue Temple Park). The name of 'Tongjue Temple' was also named by Emperor Jianwen based on the 'Huangjue Temple' where his grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang became a monk. Because Emperor Taizu of Ming achieved the imperial career from the status of a monk, and Emperor Jianwen also implied the hope of restoring the imperial career from the status of a monk.