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Guangji Temple 广济寺Guǎngjì Sì
National heritage site · Beijing, Beijing
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Beijing
- Region
- Beijing
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Guangji Temple
A working Buddhist temple and headquarters of the Buddhist Association of China since 1953, rebuilt in the 1450s on a Jin-dynasty site and named Hongci Guangji Temple in 1466. Its Ming-plan courtyards hold a white-marble ordination platform of 1698, a bronze incense tripod from 1793 and halls of Ming statues, with a large Qing finger painting behind the main altar.
How to get to Guangji Temple
On Fuchengmennei Street just west of the Xisi crossroads, a couple of minutes' walk from Xisi metro station.
Nearby
- Beihai Park 北海公园 under 10 km
A former imperial lake garden crowned by a white Tibetan-style stupa on its island - Prince Gong's Mansion 恭王府 under 10 km
A Qing courtyard mansion and rock garden, home first to a corrupt minister, then a prince - Forbidden City 故宫 under 10 km
Six centuries of imperial power behind vermilion walls in the heart of Beijing - Shichahai 什刹海 under 10 km
Three linked lakes ringed by hutongs and lakeside bars, with open-air skating in winter - Drum and Bell Towers 钟鼓楼 under 10 km
Beijing's old timekeeping towers, with drum performances and views over the hutong roofs
Also within 20 km: Pagoda of Monk Wansong 万松老人塔 (under 10 km), Temple of Ancient Monarchs 历代帝王庙 (under 10 km), Church of the Saviour (Beitang) 西什库教堂 (under 10 km), White Dagoba of Miaoying Temple 妙应寺白塔 (under 10 km), Former National Library of Peiping 北平图书馆旧址 (under 10 km), Beijing Lu Xun Museum 北京鲁迅博物馆 (under 10 km).
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