What are the temples in Beijing?

The temples in Beijing include: Hongluo Temple, Dazhong Temple, Baiyun Temple, Zhenwu Temple, and Biyun Temple. The details are as follows:

1. Hongluo Temple.

It is located at the southern foot of Hongluo Mountain, 5 kilometers north of Huairou District, Beijing, and 55 kilometers away from downtown Beijing. The scenic area has a total area of ??800 hectares and is a national AAAA-level tourist area. Hongluo Temple was built in the fourth year of Xiankang in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 338). It was originally called "Daming Temple" (it was renamed "Huguo Zifu Temple" during the Zhengtong period of Ming Dynasty). Because of the wonderful legend of the Hongluo Fairy, it is commonly known as "Hongluo Temple". ").

2. Dazhong Temple.

Dazhong Temple was originally called Juesheng Temple. Located on the north side of Lenovo Bridge on the North Third Ring Road in Haidian District, it was built in the 11th year of Yongzheng reign of the Qing Dynasty (1733). The Dazhong Temple was originally a royal Buddhist temple. It was opened as an Ancient Bell Museum in 1985. The museum displays more than 400 ancient bells from China and foreign countries.

3. Baiyun Temple.

Baiyunguan is located on Baiyunguan Street outside Xibianmen, Xicheng District, Beijing. First built in the Tang Dynasty, it was the holy place where Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty enshrined Laozi and was named Tianchangguan. During the reign of Emperor Shizong of the Jin Dynasty, the temple was greatly expanded and renamed Shifang Datianchangguan. At the end of the Jin Dynasty, it was rebuilt into Taiji Palace.

4. Zhenwu Temple.

It is located in Fozizhuang Township, Fangshan District (62 kilometers away from the center of Beijing). It was built in the Ming Dynasty, more than 500 years ago. Zhenwu Temple has three courtyards and two main halls, respectively dedicated to Emperor Zhenwu and Bixia Yuanjun.

5. Biyun Temple.

Located on the north side of Xiangshan Park in Haidian District, Beijing, at the eastern foot of Jubao Mountain, a remnant of the Western Mountains, it is a group of compactly laid out and well-preserved garden-style temples. It was founded in the second year of Yuan Zhishun (1331) and was later expanded in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The temple faces east from the west and is built according to the mountain. The layout of the entire temple is mainly arranged in six courtyards, with a set of courtyards in the north and south. The courtyards adopt their own closed building techniques, with layers of halls stacked on top of the mountains, and a special layout formed by more than 300 steps of stepped terrain.