Temple of the Five Lords

The Temple of Five Lords (Chinese: 五公祠; pinyin: Wŭgōng Cí) is a memorial to five officials from the Tang and Song dynasties located to the southeast of the city of Haikou on the island of Hainan, China.

Notable buildings of the temple complex are the Guanjia Hall (Chinese: 观稼堂; pinyin: guān jià táng), the Xuepu Hall (Chinese: 学圃堂; pinyin: xuépŭ táng), the East and West Halls, as well as the Sugong (Chinese: 苏公祠; pinyin: sūgōng cí) and the Fubo (Chinese: 伏波祠; pinyin: fú bō cí) ancestral temples. In total, the temple complex covers and area of 2800 square meters.

The main temple building is a red two-story wooden structure that stands more than 9 m meters tall and has a total floor structure of 560 square meters. A historical inscription on a board placed over the front entrance on the second floor declares it the "first building in Hainan". The earliest buildings of the complex were erected during the reign of Wanli Emperor (1572-1620) of the Ming Dynasty. The temple has been restored during the reign of the Qing emperor Guanggxu (in 1889).

The five officials commemorated in the temple are the Tang chancellor Li Deyu (Chinese: 李德裕, 787—850), and the four Song ministers Li Gang (Chinese: 李纲, 1083-1140), Li Guang (Chinese: 李光, 1078-1159), Zhao Ding (Chinese: 赵鼎, 1085-1147, also known for his poetry), and Hu Quan (Chinese: 胡铨, 1102-1180) . Each of the officials had been banished to Hainan Province after having fallen out of the court's favor. Each of the five officials is now represented by stone statues placed on the temple grounds.

The Sugong Temple is located to the southeast of the Temple of Five Lords. It commemorates Su Shi (Chinese: 苏轼), a renown poet of the Song Dynasty.

The temple is located near the administrative border between the City of Haikou and Qiongshan District, about 5 kilometers away from the city center of Haikou.