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Zhizhu Temple 智珠寺Zhìzhū Sì
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 Zhizhu Temple
A Tibetan Buddhist temple of the Qianlong era, Zhizhu Temple stands beside the larger Songzhu Temple in the lanes east of Jingshan Park. Its halls served as factory workshops and storerooms from the 1950s and were restored with private investment in 2007–12, keeping their weathered paintwork and timbers. The temple no longer has a religious use: the courtyards now hold an art space, a restaurant and a café.
How to get to Zhizhu Temple
In Songzhuyuan lane east of Jingshan Park, about 10 minutes' walk from China National Art Museum station on Metro Line 8.
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 - 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 - 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
Also within 20 km: Red Building of Peking University 北京大学红楼 (under 10 km), Jingshan Park 景山公园 (under 10 km), Dagaoxuan Hall 大高玄殿 (under 10 km), Wen Tianxiang Temple 文天祥祠 (under 10 km), St. Joseph's Church, Beijing 王府井天主堂 (under 10 km), Guo Moruo Residence 郭沫若故居 (under 10 km).
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