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Zhenjue Temple 真觉寺Zhēnjué Sì
National heritage site · Beijing, Beijing
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Beijing
- Region
- Beijing
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Zhenjue Temple
Better known as the Five Pagoda Temple, Zhenjue Temple keeps one of China's earliest surviving 'diamond throne' stupas, completed in 1473 and inspired by the Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya: a 7.7-metre stone platform carved with rows of Buddhas, with a chamber and stairs inside and five small pagodas on top. The temple's other buildings were lost to a late-Qing fire and a sale in 1927, and the grounds now house the Beijing Stone Carving Art Museum.
How to get to Zhenjue Temple
Behind Beijing Zoo about 7 km north-west of Tiananmen, a short walk from National Library metro station. Closed on Mondays.
Nearby
- 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 - Shichahai 什刹海 under 10 km
Three linked lakes ringed by hutongs and lakeside bars, with open-air skating in winter - Beihai Park 北海公园 under 10 km
A former imperial lake garden crowned by a white Tibetan-style stupa on its island - Drum and Bell Towers 钟鼓楼 under 10 km
Beijing's old timekeeping towers, with drum performances and views over the hutong roofs - Forbidden City 故宫 under 10 km
Six centuries of imperial power behind vermilion walls in the heart of Beijing
Also within 20 km: Beijing Aquarium 北京海洋馆 (under 10 km), Beijing Zoo 北京动物园 (under 10 km), Purple Bamboo Park 紫竹院公园 (under 10 km), Beijing Planetarium 北京天文馆 (under 10 km), Wanshou Temple 万寿寺 (under 10 km), Zhalan Cemetery (Tomb of Matteo Ricci) 利玛窦和外国传教士墓地 (under 10 km).
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