Pagoda of Monk Wansong 万松老人塔Wànsōng Lǎorén Tǎ

About Pagoda of Monk Wansong

A slender nine-tier brick pagoda at the mouth of Zhuanta Hutong, first built as the Yuan-era tomb pagoda of the Chan master Wansong Xingxiu (1166–1246) and raised from seven to nine tiers in 1753. It is the only brick pagoda left in the old inner city and gave Zhuanta (Brick Pagoda) Hutong its name; in 2014 its small courtyard was opened as a public reading room run with a local bookshop.

How to get to Pagoda of Monk Wansong

On Xisi South Street at the east end of Zhuanta Hutong, a couple of minutes' walk from Xisi metro station.

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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Also within 20 km: Guangji Temple 广济寺 (under 10 km), Temple of Ancient Monarchs 历代帝王庙 (under 10 km), Church of the Saviour (Beitang) 西什库教堂 (under 10 km), White Dagoba of Miaoying Temple 妙应寺白塔 (under 10 km), Former National Library of Peiping 北平图书馆旧址 (under 10 km), Beijing Lu Xun Museum 北京鲁迅博物馆 (under 10 km).

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