Tongjiao Temple
Tongjiao Temple is a Buddhist temple located in Dongcheng District of Beijing. It covers an area of 700 square metres. Currently it is the only Bhikkhuni temple in Beijing.Photo: HMGiovanniV, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Overseas Chinese History Museum of China and Yonghe Temple.
Overseas Chinese History Museum of China
Museum
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The Overseas Chinese History Museum of China, located at North Xiaojie in Dongzhimen, Dongcheng District, Beijing, is a national-level museum focused on showcasing the history of overseas Chinese. Overseas Chinese History Museum of China is situated 170 metres southwest of Tongjiao Temple.
Yonghe Temple
Buddhist temple
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The Yonghe Temple is a temple and monastery of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism located on 12 Yonghegong Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China. Yonghe Temple is situated 1 km west of Tongjiao Temple.
Bailin Temple
Buddhist temple
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The Bailin Temple (Chinese: 柏林寺; pinyin: Bǎilín Sì; lit. 'Monastery of the Cypress Grove' is a 14th-century Tibetan Buddhist temple and monastery located in Beijing, China. Bailin Temple is situated 580 metres west of Tongjiao Temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beixinqiao and Dongzhimen and Ditan.
Beixinqiao
Suburb
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Beixinqiao Subdistrict is a subdistrict in the northern part of Dongcheng District, Beijing, China. The Yonghe Temple is located here. The subdistrict consists of 10 communities.
Dongzhimen and Ditan
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Dongzhimen and Ditan are areas in Dongcheng District in Beijing, China. They form the northernmost part of Dongcheng, northeast of the Forbidden City. Dongzhimen is one of Beijing's major commercial precincts.
Dongzhimen District
Neighborhood
Dongzhimen was a gate in the old Beijing city fortifications. It is now a commercial center and transportation node in Beijing.
Tongjiao Temple
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: building in Beijing, China
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
39.94277° or 39° 56′ 34″ northLongitude
116.42002° or 116° 25′ 12″ eastOpen location code
8PFRWCVC+42OpenStreetMap ID
way 187210788OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q2441688
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Tongjiao Temple” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “通教寺”
- Dutch: “Tongjiaotempel”
- Egyptian Arabic: “معبد تونججياو”
- German: “Tongjiao si”
- German: “Tongjiao-Tempel”
- Indonesian: “Kuil Tongjiao”
- Japanese: “通教寺”
- Polish: “Świątynia Tongjiao”
- Urdu: “تونگجیاو مندر”
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