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The temple's pagoda was built on the site of a previous pagoda of Yong'an temple in the Liao Dynasty (916–1125), The temple was built in 1279 under the orders of Emperor Kublai Khan and was originally named " Dashengshou Wan'an Temple ". The White Pagoda built in the Yuan Dynasty is the oldest and largest Tibetan Buddhist pagoda in China.
Beihai Park includes several Buddhist temples within its grounds, including the Temple of Everlasting Peace (永 安 寺, Yǒng'ān Sì) and the Chanfu Temple. The White Dagoba or Pagoda (白 塔, Báitǎ) is a Tibetan-style stupa placed on the highest point on Jade Flower Island, built to honor the visit of the 5th Dalai Lama in 1651.
Miaoying Temple White Pagoda 妙應寺白塔: Yuan dynasty, 1271–1279: Xicheng District: White, stupa style pagoda, 50.9 metres (167 ft) in height. [8] Built on the site of a Liao dynasty pagoda erected in 1092.
Xihuang Temple has been designated as a National Key Buddhist Temple in Han Chinese Area by the State Council of China in 1983. In September 1987, the 10th Panchen Lama set up the High-Level Tibetan Buddhism College of China at the temple. In 2001, the white pagoda was listed among the "Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Beijing ...
Chángchūn Gōng. Wade–Giles. Ch‘ang-ch‘un Kong. The White Cloud Temple, also known as Baiyun Temple or the Abbey or Monastery of the White Clouds, is a Taoist temple and monastery located in Beijing, China. It is one of "The Three Great Ancestral Courts" of the Quanzhen School of Taoism and is titled "The First Temple under Heaven".
The Cloud Platform is a rectangular structure, with sloping walls clad in white marble. The dimensions of the structure are 28.84 m × 17.57 m (94.6 ft × 57.6 ft) at the base and 24.04 m × 14.73 m (78.9 ft × 48.3 ft) at the top, and the structure is 9.5 m (31 ft) in height. The top of the platform is surrounded by a marble balustrade, with ...
Beijing 1-66 Temple of the White Pagoda: 妙应寺白塔: Beijing 1-74 Diamond Throne Pagoda at Zhenjue Temple: 真觉寺金刚宝座: Beijing 1-75 ...
The Fragrant Hills Pagoda ( Chinese: 香山琉璃塔; pinyin: Xiāngshān Liúlí Tǎ) of the Fragrant Hills in Beijing, China was built in 1780 during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor (1735–1796) as part of the Grand Zongjing Monastery. Although the monastery located just north of the pagoda was burned down by the Eight-Nation Alliance in ...