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Fahai Temple 法海寺Fǎhǎi 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 Fahai Temple
Built between 1439 and 1443 with funds raised by a Ming court eunuch, Fahai Temple is known for the murals in its main hall, painted in the 1440s by court and local artists and among the oldest and best-preserved wall paintings in Beijing. The hall is kept dark and visitor numbers are strictly limited to protect them, so the nearby digital Fahai Temple Mural Art Museum reproduces the murals at full size on high-resolution screens.
How to get to Fahai Temple
On the hillside north of Moshikou Street in Shijingshan District, about 21 km west of Tiananmen.
Nearby
- Fragrant Hills Park 香山公园 under 10 km
Wooded former imperial hills that turn red with smoke-tree leaves each autumn - Marco Polo Bridge 卢沟桥 10 km
An 800-year-old stone bridge lined with hundreds of carved lions, by a walled Ming fort - Tanzhe Temple 潭柘寺 10 km
Terraced temple courtyards in the western hills, shaded by ancient ginkgos and cypresses - Summer Palace 颐和园 10 km
An imperial lakeside garden of painted corridors, temple-topped hills and a marble boat - Old Summer Palace 圆明园 10 km
Broken marble arches of Qing European-style palaces beside lakes of summer lotus
Also within 20 km: Cheng'en Temple 承恩寺 (under 10 km), Badachu 八大处 (under 10 km), Beijing Shijingshan Amusement Park 石景山游乐园 (under 10 km), Tuancheng Fortress 团城演武厅 (under 10 km), Museum of Chinese Gardens and Landscape Architecture 中国园林博物馆 (under 10 km), China National Botanical Garden 国家植物园 (under 10 km).
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