China
North China
Beijing

Zhihua Temple

The Zhihua Temple is a Ming dynasty-era Buddhist temple in , . It is located in the Lumicang hutong, in the area of Dongcheng District, within the Second Ring Road to the north of Jinbaojie Street, west of the Yabaolu area.
Tap on a place
to explore it
Wikipedia
Photo: ScareCriterion12, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 8:30 AM—4:30 PM
  • Type: Buddhist temple
  • Description: building in Dongcheng District, Beijing, China
  • Also known as: “Temple of Wisdom Attained (Zhìhuà sì)” and “Zhihua Si”
  • Address: 禄米仓 5

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Embassy of Brazil and Ritan.

Government office
Photo: Zheng Zhou, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a government office, which is situated 600 metres southeast of Zhihua Temple.

Park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a public park located in Chaoyang District, , . It is within the Jianguomen area. The nearest Beijing Subway station is Yong'anli on the Beijing subway Line 1.

Government office
Photo: Wojtek azjatycki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Relations between the People's Republic of China and Poland officially began on October 5, 1949. is situated 1 km southeast of Zhihua Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chaoyang and Dongsi.

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
District is in . While district does not have that many tourist sites, most visitors to Beijing will find themselves in at some point: especially for visiting the art districts, shopping, restaurants, and nightlife.

Suburb
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the name of an intersection and surrounding neighborhood in Dongcheng District, . , at the intersection of what is now Avenues North, South and West and Inner Street, dates to the Yuan dynasty.

Photo: XtoF, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dongcheng District is in . It means "east city" and appropriately enough covers the eastern half of the old, imperial city. Most visitors to the city will come here to visit both Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City, the former imperial palace.

Zhihua Temple

Latitude
39.91636° or 39° 54′ 59″ north
Longitude
116.4261° or 116° 25′ 34″ east
Elevation
47 metres (154 feet)
Open location code
8PFRWC8G+GC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 40542154
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Geo­Names ID
8384984
Wiki­data ID
Q197781
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Zhihua Temple from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Zhihua Temple” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “Zhìhuà Sì”
  • Chinese: “智化寺(北京文博交流馆)”
  • Chinese: “智化寺”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معبد تشيهوا”
  • German: “Zhihua-Tempel”
  • Indonesian: “Wihara Zhihua”
  • Italian: “tempio Zhihua”
  • Japanese: “智化寺”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Zhihuatempelet”
  • Norwegian: “Zhihuatempelet”
  • Persian: “معبد ژیهوا”
  • Polish: “Świątynia Zhihua”
  • Russian: “Храм Чжихуа”
  • Urdu: “ژیہوا مندر”
  • Yue Chinese: “智化寺”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as 大方家社区 and Chaoyangmen.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as 智化殿 and 大智殿.

Beijing: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Forbidden City, Chaoyang, Xicheng, and Beijing Capital International Airport.

Curious Temples to Discover

Uncover intriguing temples from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Zhihua Temple”. Photo: ScareCriterion12, CC BY-SA 4.0.