Zhizhu Temple

Zhizhu Temple is located at No. 23, Jingshan Back Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing. It was built in Mingchengzu Yongle 7 years (1409), adjacent to the Zhu Temple, Qing Kangxi 51 years (1712), the address of the Ming Dynasty printing factory, the Zhu Temple, and the second Zhangjia Living Buddha. Visits need to be reserved.

It is worth seeing. The right hand is the art display space. The stone lion and cubs in front of the Temple of Heavenly Kings are very cute. In 2008, Zhizhu Temple was repaired. In 2012, Zhizhu Temple was repaired. After 2020, the temple is open to the public and becomes a scenery to visit Beijing. Opening hours: 11:00 am to 19:00 pm Transportation: After getting off at Jingshan East Street, you can reach Sanyanjing Hutong eastbound. It is not recommended to drive here, because the Hutong is relatively small and far from the nearest parking lot.

The Zhizhu Temple in Dongcheng District, Beijing, is hidden in the alley, a key cultural relics protection unit in the country. I thought it was no different from other temples. I went in and found that there was no cave. Several foreign architects and artists have remodeled the temple years ago, while maintaining the original appearance of the relics. Modern elements and ancient architecture combined, the small courtyard blends teahouses, cafes, restaurants and art exhibition halls and other business models, but can blend ancient and modern, without a sense of violation, visible design power. Especially the hall, from the outside, it is still simple and vicissitudes, but the interior has been transformed into a yoga classroom, plus the surrounding beds and seats for people to rest, which is quite a bit of a feeling of time and space.

In the north lane of the north lane of the north corner building less than one kilometer from the Forbidden City, the name today is the Zhuzhu Temple and Zhizhu Temple. The original three large temples are side by side: Fayuan Temple in the east (destroyed), Zhuzhu Temple in the middle, Zhizhu Temple in the west, and Panjing Factory and Hanjing Factory ruins in the Ming Dynasty. It is the royal royal imprint Tibetan classic, built in Yongle seven years. 1725 The year (Qinghuizheng three years) began, the three temples of Zhuzhu, Fayuan, and Zhizhu gradually established and named the former site of the Panjing Factory and Hanjing Factory in the Ming Dynasty. After that, Zhangjia Living Buddhas in the past generations took Zhuzhu Temple as their headquarters in Beijing. In 1733, the same year, the engraving of the Tibetan scriptures in Zhuzhu Temple began, and it took nearly 6 years to complete. Originally also stored in the temple, Qingxianfeng ten years (1860) British and French forces invaded Beijing, Fayuan Temple was destroyed. The remaining two were damaged by the factory after the founding of the country, and they were retained after repair. The temple is large in scale and complete in layout, but unfortunately it is not open (now a broken association). So, in fact, it is only the Zhizhu Temple that can be entered, and it is not complete. Zhizhu Temple was once near collapse, until 2007, the Belgian Wenshounuo and his Chinese partner Lin Fan signed a use agreement with the Beijing Buddhist Association and Peony Group, and began to repair it, which changed to what it is today. The pattern of Zhizhu Temple is complete, and there are five-story temple buildings from the mountain gate to the back hall. The three rooms are: three rooms in the mountain gate, three rooms in the temple of heaven, and three rooms in the temple of great male and female (main hall), also known as the three rooms of the quadrilateral temple/big mourning hall, the longevity hall and the fifth hall. Now the Bell and Drum Tower have long disappeared, and the fourth and fifth halls have also been circled into closed spaces, which cannot be entered. The three halls in front are not like the others. The dazzling glass windows remind us that this place is not worthy of pride. Today, in the courtyard in the southwest corner of Zhizhu Temple, the Dongjingyuan restaurant that operates high-end Western food with new era houses (non-relics) is still open, and even a new tea room is opened. The place where few people were originally traced is now full of net red photos. Ticket information: Free Open Location: Jingshan East, Navigation - Zhu Temple and Zhizhu Temple

The Zhizhu Temple, hidden in the city, is located in the depths of the alley only 400 meters from the Forbidden City, hiding a nearly 600-year-old complex, including a 3,000-square-meter Qing Dynasty temple Zhizhu Temple. In 2007, the Belgian, who had lived in China for 10 years, walked in the alley and accidentally discovered it. Although the site is dilapidated, the wooden structure of several major buildings such as the mountain gate and the main hall is still intact. Wenshounuo found Lin Fan and other friends, according to the original drawings, and carried out the restoration project of the temple together. The restoration of the temple took 5 years. The old buildings in the Ming and Qing Dynasties were completely retained and repaired one by one. The construction team manually wiped more than 60,000 tiles, rescued more than 80 murals, and replaced 70 beams and pillars... After the temple was repaired, Wenshounuo took another 5 years. The place was transformed into a public art space, which is open to the public all year round and no tickets are accepted. In 2012, it was awarded the UNESCO "Asia-Pacific Cultural Heritage Conservation Award", the only award-winning project in mainland China in the same year. The French Prime Minister, the Queen of Denmark and other celebrities have been here, and residents in the alley also regard it as a back garden.