Lanzhou Jintian Temple is a famous Taoist temple. It is located at the foot of Hualin Mountain in Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, and is commonly known as the Thunder Altar. It was originally built in the Tang Dynasty as Yunfeng Temple, and was rebuilt as Jiuyang Temple in the Song Dynasty. In the summer of the first year of the Jianwen reign (1399) of the Ming Emperor Hui, the first generation of King Zhu Ying of Suzhou moved the Suzhou Palace from Ganzhou to the Shanzi Stone in Lanzhou. Seeing that the shape of the place resembled a fairy dancing, he began to build a Taoist temple here the following year. Because it was completed in the fall, it was also the site of the temple was located west of the original Lanzhou City, and according to the Five Elements theory, it was named “Jintian Temple” because it was located in the west, which is the meaning of “Gengxin Jin” in the Five Elements theory. It was rebuilt in the 31st year of the Ming Dynasty (1552), and the original building was destroyed by fire in the 46th year of the Qianlong period (1781). In the 59th year of the Qianlong period (1794), Xu Rongyi, the governor of Gansu, donated money to rebuild it according to the original scale. In the Jiaqing period (1806), Liu Guancheng, the deputy general of the Gansu military standard, rebuilt it again. During the Daoguang period (1821-1850), the Agong Temple and the Three-Prince Temple were added. During the Republic of China period (1912-1949), some of the buildings, statues and murals in the temple were destroyed. This temple was originally the largest Taoist temple in Lanzhou. The temple buildings were lofty, the corridors were winding, the pines and cypresses were dense, and the environment was elegant. During the Cultural Revolution, the entire building was destroyed. Now, some of the halls, such as the Hall of the Infinite and the Hall of the Divine Emperor, have been restored, and more than ten Taoist statues, such as the Three Pristine Ones, the Four Emperors, and the Two Mothers (the Heavenly Mother and the Earthly Mother), have been newly sculpted. The murals of the Twelve Great Immortals and the Green Dragon, White Tiger, and the Boy with the Treasure have been painted. It is one of the key Taoist open temples in Gansu Province.

  兰州金天观　道教著名宫观。在甘肃省兰州市华林山麓，俗称雷坛。原为唐代所建云峰寺，宋代改建为九阳观，明惠帝建文元年 (1399)夏，第一代肃庄王朱瑛将肃王府由甘州迁驻兰州山字石后，见此地有仙人舞袖之形，于是便于次年在此开始营建道观，因竣工于秋，又观址位于原兰州城之西，以五行论，便取西方“庚辛金”之意，遂命名日“金天观”；明嘉靖三十一年(1552)曾重修，乾隆四十六年(1781)原有建筑毁于兵火，乾隆五十九年(1794)甘肃巡抚许容依原有规模捐款重修，嘉庆十一年(1806)甘肃督标中军副将刘管成再次重修，道光年间(1821—1850)增建阿公祠与三公祠，民国年间(1912—1949)观中部分建筑与塑像及壁画遭到破坏。此观原为兰州最大的道教官观，观内殿宇崇巍，回廊曲折，松柏茂密，环境清雅。“文革”期间，观内整个建筑被毁。现已重新修复了无极、神御等部分殿堂，新塑了三清、四御、二母(天母、地母)等十余尊道教神像，彩绘了“十二大仙”和青龙、白虎及善财童子壁画。是甘肃省重点道教开放宫观之一。