1. Hongluo Temple
It is located at the southern foot of Hongluo Mountain, 5 kilometers north of Huairou District, Beijing, 55 kilometers away from downtown Beijing, with a total area of ??800 hectares and 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" (during the Zhengtong period of the Ming Dynasty it was renamed "Guoguo Zifu Temple" because of the wonderful beauty of the Hongluo Fairy). According to legend, it is commonly known as "Hongluo Temple").
Hongluo Temple faces south and is built according to the mountain. It has a rigorous layout and majestic momentum. It leans against Hongluo Mountain in the back and shines on Hongluo Lake in the south. It is surrounded by mountains and water, with lush forests and towering ancient trees. Hongluo Temple is located in the thousands of acres of green ancient pine forest in front of Hongluo Mountain, forming a beautiful picture of "ancient temple hidden in blue waves".
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.
In 1996, the Dazhong Temple was listed as a national key cultural relic protection unit by the People's Republic of China and the State Council, and officially became a historic site protected by the state.
3. Baiyunguan
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 palace was greatly expanded and renamed Shifang Datianchangguan. At the end of the Jin Dynasty, it was rebuilt into Taiji Palace.
Baiyun Temple houses a large number of precious cultural relics, the most famous of which are the "Three Treasures": the Ming Dynasty version of "Zhengtong Taoist Canon", the Tang stone sculpture of Laozi seated, and the stone carvings and "Songxue Tao Te Ching" by Yuanda calligrapher Zhao Mengfu. "Yin Fu Jing" is attached.
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.
There are also four auxiliary halls, two auxiliary buildings, two accompanying buildings and more than a dozen mountain houses, with a total construction area of ??3,000 square meters. Zhenwu Temple is the central temple of villages with dozens of bell towers in the area. It is very popular and famous. Because the Taoist temple is very spiritual and the main hall is dedicated to Emperor Zhenwu, it is known within Taoism as the "Little Wudang" in the north.
5. Biyun Temple
Located on the north side of Xiangshan Park in Haidian District, Beijing, at the eastern foot of Jubao Mountain, the remaining veins of the West Mountain are a group of compact 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.
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