Baoguo Temple 报国寺Bàoguó Sì

About Baoguo Temple

A large temple of the southern city, rebuilt in 1466 as Ciren Temple and renamed in 1754, where the scholar Gu Yanwu lodged in 1668 and a shrine to him was added in the 1840s; it was the city's best-known book market in the late Ming and early Qing. After use as a factory and offices it was restored and from 1997 to 2020 housed a famous collectors' market, and it is now the Baoguo Temple Cultural Park, which holds second-hand book fairs and cultural events in its courtyards.

How to get to Baoguo Temple

Near Guang'anmennei Street in southern Xicheng District, a few minutes' walk from Guang'anmennei metro station.

Nearby

• Qianmen Street and Dashilar 前门大街·大栅栏 under 10 km
  A pedestrian avenue below Qianmen gate and a lane of shops trading since Qing times
• Tiananmen Square 天安门广场 under 10 km
  A vast ceremonial square below Tian'anmen gate, where the national flag is raised at dawn
• National Museum of China 中国国家博物馆 under 10 km
  Ancient bronzes, jades and porcelain in a vast museum beside Tian'anmen Square
• Forbidden City 故宫 under 10 km
  Six centuries of imperial power behind vermilion walls in the heart of Beijing
• Temple of Heaven 天坛 under 10 km
  Where emperors prayed for harvests, and where Beijing now dances, sings and plays cards

Also within 20 km: Changchun Temple 长椿寺 (under 10 km), Niujie Mosque 牛街礼拜寺 (under 10 km), Fayuan Temple 法源寺 (under 10 km), Pagoda of Tianning Temple 天宁寺塔 (under 10 km), Holy Saviour's Cathedral 中华圣公会救主堂 (under 10 km), Former Residence of Li Dazhao 李大钊故居 (under 10 km).

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