Pudu Temple

Pudu Temple is a Buddhist temple in , . Pudu Temple is situated nearby to the city gate , as well as near the suburb .
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  • Type: Buddhist temple
  • Description: building in Dongcheng District, China
  • Also known as: “Pudu si”, “Pudu si dadian”, and “普渡寺”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Forbidden City and Imperial Ancestral Temple.

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The , located at the centre of , was the main palace of Imperial China for five centuries, until the early 20th century. It today houses the Palace Museum, one of China's largest national museums, with an extensive collection based on the former imperial collection.

Place of worship
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The , or Taimiao of , is a historic site in the Imperial City, just outside the , where during both the Ming and Qing dynasties, sacrificial ceremonies were held on the most important festival occasions in honor of the imperial family's ancestors. is situated 470 metres southwest of Pudu Temple.

City gate
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The or Wumen is the southern and largest gate of the in , . Unlike the other gates of the Forbidden City, the has two protruding arms on either side, derived from ancient que towers traditionally used to decorate the main entrances of palaces, temples and tombs. is situated 630 metres west of Pudu Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Donghuamen and Jingshan Subdistrict.

Suburb
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Subdistrict is a subdistrict at the center of Dongcheng District, , China. is located within this subdistrict. As of 2020, it has a total population of 38,090.

Suburb
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is a subdistrict in Dongcheng District, , China. It contains 8 communities. The subdistrict has a total area of 1.64 square kilometers, and as of 2020, it has a population of 25,374.

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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.

Pudu Temple

Latitude
39.91205° or 39° 54′ 43″ north
Longitude
116.39842° or 116° 23′ 54″ east
Open location code
8PFRW96X+R9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 187287768
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Wiki­data ID
Q2067824
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Polish—“Pudu Temple” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “Pǔdù Sì”
  • Chinese: “普度寺”
  • German: “Pekinger Pudu-Tempel”
  • German: “Pudu-Tempel”
  • Indonesian: “Wihara Pudu”
  • Polish: “Świątynia Pudu”

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