The bustling temple district of the past is now a cultural industry park

'Songzhu Temple and Zhizhu Temple' are located in the north alley of Songzhu Court in Beijing. There were originally three large temples side by side, the east was Fayuan Temple (destroyed), the middle was Songzhu Temple, and the west was Zhizhu Temple. Songzhu Temple was originally built in the seventh year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1409) as the Fanjing Factory and Hanjing Factory. It was rebuilt as Songzhu Temple in the 51st year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty (1712). The temple is large in scale, from south to north, there are Shanmen Hall, Tianwang Hall, Wuliang Hall, Daxiong Baodian and the back hall. Zhizhu Temple is divided into three routes, the main halls are in the middle route, the east route has Buddha Hall, Sutra Hall, etc., and the west route is the residence of the Lama.

Post by leonaortiz97 | Nov 26, 2023