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Big Bell Temple 大钟寺Dàzhōng Sì
National heritage site · Beijing, Beijing
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Beijing
- Region
- Beijing
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Big Bell Temple
Built in 1733 as the imperial Juesheng Temple, this Qing monastery took its popular name after the Yongle Bell, a huge bronze bell cast under the Ming Yongle Emperor, was moved here in 1743. Since 1985 it has been the Big Bell Temple Ancient Bell Museum, showing more than 400 Chinese and foreign bells, with the Yongle Bell hanging in its two-storey bell tower.
How to get to Big Bell Temple
On the North Third Ring Road in Haidian District, about 9 km north-west of Tiananmen and about 10 minutes' walk west of Dazhongsi metro station. Closed on Mondays.
Nearby
- 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 - Old Summer Palace 圆明园 under 10 km
Broken marble arches of Qing European-style palaces beside lakes of summer lotus - Bird's Nest and Olympic Green 奥林匹克公园 under 10 km
The Bird's Nest and Water Cube, venues of the 2008 and 2022 Olympics, lit up after dark - 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: Beijing Aquarium 北京海洋馆 (under 10 km), Zhenjue Temple 真觉寺 (under 10 km), Beijing Zoo 北京动物园 (under 10 km), Purple Bamboo Park 紫竹院公园 (under 10 km), Wanshou Temple 万寿寺 (under 10 km), Beijing Planetarium 北京天文馆 (under 10 km).
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