White Cloud Temple 白云观Báiyún Guàn

About White Cloud Temple

The leading monastery of the Quanzhen school of Taoism, founded in the Tang dynasty and rebuilt around the tomb of the Quanzhen patriarch Qiu Chuji, who travelled to meet Genghis Khan in 1222. It remains an active Taoist temple and the seat of the China Taoist Association, with courtyards of halls and shrines leading to a rear garden, and its Spring Festival temple fair draws large crowds.

How to get to White Cloud Temple

Outside Xibianmen in south-western Xicheng District, about 15 minutes' walk from Nanlishilu metro station or a short taxi ride.

Nearby

• Tiananmen Square 天安门广场 under 10 km
  A vast ceremonial square below Tian'anmen gate, where the national flag is raised at dawn
• Qianmen Street and Dashilar 前门大街·大栅栏 under 10 km
  A pedestrian avenue below Qianmen gate and a lane of shops trading since Qing times
• Beihai Park 北海公园 under 10 km
  A former imperial lake garden crowned by a white Tibetan-style stupa on its island
• Forbidden City 故宫 under 10 km
  Six centuries of imperial power behind vermilion walls in the heart of Beijing
• National Museum of China 中国国家博物馆 under 10 km
  Ancient bronzes, jades and porcelain in a vast museum beside Tian'anmen Square

Also within 20 km: Pagoda of Tianning Temple 天宁寺塔 (under 10 km), Capital Museum 首都博物馆 (under 10 km), Baoguo Temple 报国寺 (under 10 km), Changchun Temple 长椿寺 (under 10 km), Former Residence of Li Dazhao 李大钊故居 (under 10 km), Temple of the Moon 月坛 (under 10 km).

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