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White Dagoba of Miaoying Temple 妙应寺白塔Miàoyìng Sì Báitǎ
National heritage site · Beijing, Beijing
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Beijing
- Region
- Beijing
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About White Dagoba of Miaoying Temple
A huge whitewashed Tibetan-style stupa built between 1271 and 1279 for Kublai Khan under the Nepalese craftsman Araniko, regarded as the oldest and largest of its kind in China. The temple around it, rebuilt and renamed Miaoying Temple in the Ming, is now a museum whose halls display Buddhist statues and relics found in the stupa's top during repairs in 1978; the stupa was last restored in 2013–15.
How to get to White Dagoba of Miaoying Temple
On Fuchengmennei Street in Xicheng District, about 10 minutes' walk east of Fuchengmen metro station and close to the Lu Xun Museum. Usually closed on Mondays.
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 - Shichahai 什刹海 under 10 km
Three linked lakes ringed by hutongs and lakeside bars, with open-air skating in winter - Forbidden City 故宫 under 10 km
Six centuries of imperial power behind vermilion walls in the heart of Beijing - 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: Temple of Ancient Monarchs 历代帝王庙 (under 10 km), Beijing Lu Xun Museum 北京鲁迅博物馆 (under 10 km), Guangji Temple 广济寺 (under 10 km), Pagoda of Monk Wansong 万松老人塔 (under 10 km), Church of the Saviour (Beitang) 西什库教堂 (under 10 km), Temple of the Moon 月坛 (under 10 km).
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