Wanshou Temple
The Wanshou Temple is a temple located at No.121, Wanshousi Road, Zizhuyuan Subdistrict, Haidian District, Beijing. In addition to being a Buddhist temple, the Wanshou Temple also houses the Beijing Art Museum.Photo: Shizhao, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Library of China and Wanshousi.
National Library of China
Library
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The National Library of China is the national library of China, located in Haidian, Beijing, and is one of the largest libraries in the world. It contains over 41 million items as of December 2020. National Library of China is situated 1 km east of Wanshou Temple.
Wanshousi
Metro station
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Wanshou Si station is a station on Line 16 of the Beijing Subway. Wanshousi is situated 250 metres northwest of Wanshou Temple.
Beijing Dance Academy
University
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The Beijing Dance Academy is a municipal public professional dance college at Haidian, Beijing. The academy is the highest institution for dance education and assessment in the People's Republic of China, conducting the nationwide teacher qualification level examinations in Chinese dance. Beijing Dance Academy is situated 630 metres east of Wanshou Temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zizhuyuan and Haidian.
Zizhuyuan
Suburb
Photo: Nikolaj Potanin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Zizhuyuan Subdistrict is a subdistrict of Haidian District, Beijing. It borders Haidian Subdistrict to the north, Beixiaguan Subdistrict to the east, Balizhuang and Ganjiakou Subdistricts to the south, and Shuguang Subdistrict to the west.
Haidian
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Haidian is a northwest urban district of Beijing, bordering Xicheng and Fengtai. It is 431 km2 in area, making it the second-largest district in urban Beijing area, and is home to 3,133,469 inhabitants as of November 2020.
Balizhuang
Suburb
Balizhuang Subdistrict is a subdistrict on the south of Haidian District, Beijing, China. It borders Shuguang and Zizhuyuan Subdistricts in its north, Ganjiakou Subdistrict in its east, Wanshou Road Subdistrict in its south, and Tiancun Road Subdistrict in its west.
Wanshou Temple
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: building in Beijing, China
- Categories: place of worship, religious organization, and religion
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
39.94577° or 39° 56′ 45″ northLongitude
116.30565° or 116° 18′ 20″ eastElevation
58 metres (190 feet)Open location code
8PFRW8W4+87OpenStreetMap ID
way 888093516OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=religiousGeoNames ID
8385031Wikidata ID
Q2063448
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Wanshou Temple” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “万寿寺”
- Chinese: “萬壽寺”
- Dutch: “Wanshoutempel”
- Egyptian Arabic: “معبد وانشو”
- French: “temple Wanshou”
- French: “Temple Wanshou”
- German: “Tempel des Langen Lebens”
- German: “Wanshou Si”
- German: “Wanshou-Tempel”
- Indonesian: “Kuil Wanshou”
- Polish: “Świątynia Długowieczności”
- Russian: “Ваньшоу”
- Russian: “Храм Ваньшоу”
- Ukrainian: “Храм Ваньшоу”
- Urdu: “وانشؤ مندر”
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