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龙母太庙(The Dragon Mother's Temple)
 位于梧州城北桂江东岸，桂林路北端，始建于北宋初年，明万历、清康熙、雍正年间曾重修，是一座广西少有保存至今的，具有宋代建筑风格的文物古迹，有很高的历史、旅游价值。
龙母庙依山面水，占地面积5000多平方米，由牌坊、前殿、中殿、后宫、行宫、龟池、商场等组成。正殿雄伟庄严，雕梁画栋、鸟革
飞。前座正殿中供奉着龙母像，善男信女们多到此殿朝拜，以祈龙母赐福庇佑。故正殿前庭，一年四季香火不断。右侧殿供奉傅大将军像。左侧殿 供奉龙太子。正殿后的中座，悬挂着龙母进京巨幅浮雕。后宫陈列着龙母床和龙太子床，主殿右侧为龙母行宫，为接待室。二楼供奉着关帝神像，左侧有一池清水，内有一头万年长寿石龟，大龟背上驮着一大型石刻"总府题名碑"。 游客到此拿钱币"投石龟求好运"。 龟池后山壁上有一大型浮雕"五龙喷水壁"。
每年农历五月初八和农历八月十五(相传分别为龙母诞辰和升仙日)是龙母庙最热闹的时候。期间，广东、香港、澳门游客以及海外侨胞组成旅行团前来贺诞，有的贺诞团达千人。这时庙里张灯结彩，喜气洋洋；庙内庙外人山人海，十分热闹。这一日龙母庙通宵达旦开放，不少善男信女和游人争先恐后来朝拜、上香、摸龙床、照龙母镜、用龙母梳、洗龙母水、喝龙母茶，往万寿龟投币，龙母庙热闹非常。不少外国人也来观看。
The Dragon Mother's Temple
Situated by the riverside in Guibei Road, Wuzhou, Dragon Mother's Temple was built in Northern Song dynasty in memory of the dragon mother who is a legendary woman chieftain of the Southern Yue nationalities in the Warring States Period. The dragon mother has a moral integrity of helping all the people in need and is thus highly respected and regarded as the mother of the descendants of the dragon (namely, Chinese). The temple was rebuilt in the Ming & Qing dynasties and has been repaired and enlarged in the 1980's. It covers an area of 5000 square meters, including the following main buildings: the gateway, front & rear hall, temporary imperial hall, corridor, pavilion, stone tortoise pond, etc. The Dragon Mother's Temple is a well-known historic scenic spot of the South-eastern area of Guangxi and attracts tens of thousands of tourists & devotees from home and abroad.
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