Xihuang Temple 西黄寺Xīhuáng Sì

About Xihuang Temple

A Tibetan Buddhist temple built in the early 1650s to house the Fifth Dalai Lama on his visit to the Qing court, and since 1987 the seat of the High-Level Tibetan Buddhist College of China. Its centrepiece is the Qingjing Huacheng Pagoda, a white diamond-throne stupa completed in 1782 as a memorial to the Sixth Panchen Lama, who died at the temple in 1780. Part of the complex opened as the Xihuang Temple Museum in 2018, with displays on the pagoda, the Panchen Lamas and Tibetan Buddhist art.

How to get to Xihuang Temple

Off Huangsi Street in Chaoyang District, north of the 2nd Ring Road and about 10 minutes' walk from Anhuaqiao station on Metro Line 8; the museum usually opens only at weekends, with visits booked in advance, so check before going.

Nearby

• Drum and Bell Towers 钟鼓楼 under 10 km
  Beijing's old timekeeping towers, with drum performances and views over the hutong roofs
• Shichahai 什刹海 under 10 km
  Three linked lakes ringed by hutongs and lakeside bars, with open-air skating in winter
• 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
• Lama Temple 雍和宫 under 10 km
  Incense-filled courtyards and an 18-metre sandalwood Buddha in a working monastery
• 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

Also within 20 km: Yuan Dadu City Wall Ruins Park 元大都城垣遗址公园 (under 10 km), Deshengmen Arrow Tower 德胜门箭楼 (under 10 km), Former Residence of Soong Ching-ling 宋庆龄故居 (under 10 km), Temple of Earth 地坛 (under 10 km), Bailin Temple 柏林寺 (under 10 km), Guo Moruo Residence 郭沫若故居 (under 10 km).

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