Mingsheng Palace was built in 1992 by the famous patriotic Taiwan Taoist Yan Wuxiong together with his fellow colleagues in return for the blessing of God Yingdeng. Situated on the southern side of Laomu Hall in Xixiu Ridge of Lishan Mountain, Mingsheng Palace occupies more than four hectares, containing over 300 halls and rooms including Sanqing Palace, Xianzu Palace, Lingguan Palace, etc. Inside the palace enshrined the Three Taoist Ancestors, Four Heavenly Taoist Buddhas, Three Emperors of the Palaces, God Yingdeng and the Escort God Wang Linggong. Now there are 32 Taoist monks living in the palace and all of them are excellent graduates from Beijing Institute of Taoism.
Mingsheng Palace is one of the few large-scale pure wooden building complexes in the modern Chinese history. The materials used for the construction of the palace are extremely precious. The white jade of the palace are all excavated in the Fangshan area of Beijing, a place famous for quality white jade; the timber are redwood pine from the northeast of China; the statues are made of lobular camphor wood from Jiangxi province and the shrines of redwood imported from South Africa. These qualities together make Mingsheng Palace an architectural wonder in the Lishan Mountain area.
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