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Beijing Dongyue Temple 东岳庙Dōngyuè Miào
National heritage site · Beijing, Beijing
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Beijing
- Region
- Beijing
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Beijing Dongyue Temple
A Taoist temple of the Zhengyi school founded in 1319 outside the old Chaoyang Gate and dedicated to the god of Mount Tai, the Great Deity of the Eastern Peak, then rebuilt and enlarged under the Ming and Qing. Around its main courtyard, rows of small rooms hold plaster figures of the 'seventy-six departments' of the Taoist pantheon, and many old steles survive. It also houses the Beijing Folk Customs Museum, which holds a large temple fair at Spring Festival.
How to get to Beijing Dongyue Temple
On Chaowai Street in Chaoyang District, about 4 km east of Tiananmen and about 10 minutes' walk from Dongdaqiao or Chaoyangmen metro stations.
Nearby
- Lama Temple 雍和宫 under 10 km
Incense-filled courtyards and an 18-metre sandalwood Buddha in a working monastery - Temple of Confucius and Imperial Academy 孔庙和国子监 under 10 km
Courtyards of stone steles naming imperial exam graduates, beside the old Imperial Academy - Forbidden City 故宫 under 10 km
Six centuries of imperial power behind vermilion walls in the heart of Beijing - 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 - 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: Ritan Park (Altar of the Sun) 日坛 (under 10 km), Zhihua Temple 智化寺 (under 10 km), Beijing Ancient Observatory 古观象台 (under 10 km), Ming City Wall Relics Park 明城墙遗址公园 (under 10 km), Beijing railway station 北京站 (under 10 km), St. Joseph's Church, Beijing 王府井天主堂 (under 10 km).
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