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Beiyue Temple 北岳庙Běiyuè Miào
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Baoding, Hebei
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Baoding
- Region
- Hebei
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Beiyue Temple
A walled temple compound in the old town of Quyang, built for worship of the spirit of the Northern Peak; emperors sacrificed to the Northern Peak from here until 1660, when the rite moved to Mount Heng at Hunyuan in Shanxi. Its main building, the Yuan-dynasty Dening Hall, is described as the largest surviving Yuan timber hall and has wall paintings of heavenly figures traditionally attributed to the Tang painter Wu Daozi. The grounds also hold a stele gallery of over a hundred inscribed stones and a small exhibition hall on the temple's history.
How to get to Beiyue Temple
In the south-west corner of Quyang's old town, which lies about 73 km west-south-west of Baoding; a taxi from anywhere in town is the practical way.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Xiude Temple Pagoda 修德寺塔 (under 10 km), Sutra Inscriptions at Bahui Temple 八会寺刻经 (under 10 km), Ding Kiln Site 定窑遗址 (20 km).
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