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Dajue Temple 大觉寺Dàjué Sì
National heritage site · Beijing, Beijing
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Beijing
- Region
- Beijing
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Dajue Temple
A temple at the foot of Yangtai Mountain in the Western Hills, founded in 1068 under the Liao as Qingshui Yuan and given its present name when it was rebuilt in 1428. It faces east towards the rising sun, reflecting a Khitan custom of the Liao period, and is known for spring water channelled through its courtyards, a ginkgo about 1,000 years old and 300-year-old magnolias that flower in April. It is run as a museum by the Beijing cultural heritage bureau.
How to get to Dajue Temple
In north-west Haidian District, about 30 km from Tiananmen and roughly an hour by road.
Nearby
- Fragrant Hills Park 香山公园 under 10 km
Wooded former imperial hills that turn red with smoke-tree leaves each autumn - Summer Palace 颐和园 20 km
An imperial lakeside garden of painted corridors, temple-topped hills and a marble boat - Old Summer Palace 圆明园 20 km
Broken marble arches of Qing European-style palaces beside lakes of summer lotus - Tanzhe Temple 潭柘寺 20 km
Terraced temple courtyards in the western hills, shaded by ancient ginkgos and cypresses - Marco Polo Bridge 卢沟桥 20 km
An 800-year-old stone bridge lined with hundreds of carved lions, by a walled Ming fort
Also within 20 km: Luanzhou Uprising Memorial Park 辛亥滦州起义纪念园 (under 10 km), Fenghuangling 凤凰岭 (under 10 km), Gushan Village 谷山村 (under 10 km), China National Botanical Garden 国家植物园 (10 km), Tuancheng Fortress 团城演武厅 (10 km), Badachu 八大处 (10 km).
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